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RESIDENTS VETO VINEYARD: Del Vino Vineyard is under scrutiny from Northport Village residents and the Northport-East
Northport Board of Education because of its location, which is directly next door to Norwood Avenue Elementary School. Above, grapes from a vineyard in Riverhead. See page A3 for full story.
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A view of the front entrance to Huntington Hospital on Park Avenue in Huntington.
Hospitals across the North Shore and the country have been adapting to an entirely new set of medical codes over the last two months, completely changing the system in which a patient’s diagnosis is detailed. As of October, all hospitals across the United States switched to the ICD-10 system, which allows for more than 14,000 different codes and permits the tracking of many new diagnoses. ICD-10, an international medical classification system by the World Health Organization, requires more specificity than the previous code system. Doctors at North
Shore facilities said they agreed that although it’s time-consuming and has slowed productivity, it is more beneficial to patients in the end. Dr. Michael Grosso, chairman of medicine at Huntington Hospital said these new codes should help make it easier for symptoms of various diseases to be tracked. According to Gross, preparation for the new code started two years ago with a required education program for all physicians that described what all the new codes meant. “Physicians are being called upon to provide more specificity and detail,” Grosso said in a phone interview. He described HOSPITALS continued on page A10
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Narcan training classes are coming up on the North Shore
Want to learn how to use Narcan, the medication that stops an opioid overdose in its tracks? Training courses are taking place across Suffolk County over the next couple of months, including in Port Jefferson and in neighboring Centereach. Narcan, the brand name of naloxone, blocks receptors in the brain to stop overdoses of drugs like heroin, Vicodin, Percocet, OxyContin or Demerol, among others. It can be administered through a nasal spray and will not cause harm if mistakenly given to someone who is not suffering an opioid overdose. The local training sessions meet state health requirements, according to the Suf-
folk County Department of Health Services, and will teach trainees to recognize opioid overdoses, to administer Narcan and to take other steps until emergency medical personnel arrive on the scene. All participants will receive a certificate of completion and an emergency kit that includes Narcan. The first course will be held on Monday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the county’s Office of Health Education in Hauppauge, at 725 Veterans Highway, Building C928. RSVP to 631-853-4017 or wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov. In Centereach, a course will take place on Friday, Jan. 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
in the Middle Country library at 101 Eastwood Blvd. RSVP before Jan. 11 at alonsobarbara@middlecountrylibrary.org or at 631-585-9393 ext. 213. Later that month, Hope House Ministries will host another Narcan training session in its facility at 1 High St. in Port Jefferson, in the Sister Aimee Room. That event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m. Call 631-928-2377 for more information.
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A Narcan kit includes the medication, a syringe and an atomizer for spraying it into the nose.
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Northport residents share winery woes Vineyard wants to plant roots next to elementary school By Victoria Espinoza
Huntington residents left a recent planning board meeting with a bad taste in their mouths, thanks to a proposal to build a Del Vino Vineyard winery directly next door to Norwood Avenue Elementary School on Norwood Road in Northport. Frederick Giachetti, owner of the 10acre property, said, in June, that he wanted to grow grapes and open a 94-seat wine tasting room instead of subdividing the land into seven residentially zoned properties, which was the original proposal. Community members and the NorthportEast Northport School District said they strongly disapproved of the plans due to safety and health concerns for students at Norwood Avenue Elementary during a Huntington Planning Board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Attorney Carrie-Anne Tondo spoke on behalf of the school district and accused the applicant of not being “neighborly” by skipping several parts of the site plan
review process typically requested by the planning board. But attorney Anthony Guardino, who was representing the applicant, said Del Vino Vineyards is not required by the state to even submit a site plan. He said the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets does not recommend site plan approval for farm operations, including wineries. “However, if a town does not follow that recommendation, and requires site plan approval, the dept. suggests that the site plan review process for farm operations be streamlined and expedited,” Guardino said in an email. Guardino said that the school district was referring to requirements from a different type of classification under New York State’s Environmental Quality Review standards. “Based on a NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Market’s publication … the application should be classified as a Type II action under SEQR, which would make it exempt from the SEQR review process
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a sketch of Del Vino Vineyard is on display at a Huntington planning board meeting.
altogether,” Guardino said. This includes a traffic study. “The fact of the matter is, we didn’t have to submit anything,” he said. “We’re here before you because we agreed to do the site review, but we don’t have to be.” Guardino said he suggested that if the planning board really wants these extra studies done, they should take it up with the state. But he said Del Vino Vineyards is “fully compliant with the law.” The district’s concerns included the
winery’s hours of operation, use of pesticides, traffic problems and student safety. “The board of education takes very seriously the protection of the 365 students who attend the school,” Tondo said. She also said a traffic study is currently missing from the vineyards site plan approval, and with a proposal of 60 parking spaces, a traffic study is “clearly warranted.” According to Tondo, the school has VINEYARD continued on page A11
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A Northport music school will be taking Carnegie Hall by storm on Friday, Dec. 11. Twenty-four students from Grace Music School, located on Fort Salonga Road in Northport, will perform in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a fundraiser for the Northport High School’s music department. According to a press release, approximately $2,000 raised from ticket sales will be contributed to purchase a travel keyboard for the Northport High School Tour Choir, wireless microphones for musicals, and scholarships for students. “I am so grateful for the music foundation the school provided; so it is nice to have this opportunity to help the school in this way,” Grace Heaphy, director of Grace Music School and a graduate of Northport’s nationally recognized music program, said. The students are enthusiastic, to say the least, to perform at this historic and prestigious venue.
“I’m so excited, and also a little nervous,” Natalie Thieke, a piano student said in a statement. Heaphy said she is proud of the dedication all her students have shown as they prepare for this performance. “I’m so impressed with how hard they are working—I’m hearing improvement every day,” she said. “Preparing for this concert is motivating our students to do their best and is something our students will remember forever.” In terms of what the students will perform, Heaphy said there will be a wide selection of music, ranging from Beethoven to Andrew Lloyd Weber, “highlighting a variety of the performers’ talents and interests.” The Grace Music School is a Steinway Piano Education Partner, and Heaphy was recognized in 2014 as one of 30 under 30 on Long Island for making a positive contribution in her community and profession, according to a press release. — Victoria Espinoza
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LI supports startups LaunchPad, state program offer tax breaks, mentorship program include technical assistance, mentorship, entrepreneurial education, development services and tax breaks. Phil Rugile, director of LaunchPad Huntington, said that businesses in Hot Spot are eligible for state tax breaks, corporate tax breaks, are free of sales tax, and can receive legal advice for issues like patents. As of this month, Launchpad is a designated approval site for the Hot Spot program and can now nominate companies to be considered for it, as long as they are tenants of one of LaunchPad’s five locations, according to Rugile. “We want to help startups,” Rugile said. “I’m excited. This is a good program.” One of the reasons LaunchPad is now part of the Hot Spot program is because the Long Island High Technology Incubator located at Stony Brook University supports them. It’s required for every Hot Spot to be affiliated and supported by a college, university or research institution. Long Island High Technology Incubator is a non-profit business that supports early-stage companies much like LaunchPad. In its 16 years of service, it has housed more than 70 companies and is an official Start-Up New York member. Now LaunchPad joins Long Island High Tech in supporting new businesses and
By Victoria Espinoza
Early stage businesses on the North Shore should set their sights high. A state program that offers tax breaks, technical aid, legal advice and more is now more accessible to startup businesses, thanks to both Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook and LaunchPad Huntington. The Innovation Hot Spot Support Program is a smaller version of the New York State-wide program Start-Up New York, which aims to empower more upand-coming businesses with the tools they need to prosper. Hot Spot does not offer all of the benefits that Start-Up NY offers, but it is less restrictive and has fewer mandates than the former. Start-Up New York requirements include a 10-year commitment strictly at an incubator location, and hiring a certain amount of employees. Hot Spot was created to support companies that are in the early stages of development for the purpose of creating successful businesses in state. In order for a company to get approved for this program, they need to be recommended by a certified Start-Up New York member. The benefits of being in the Hot Spot
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recommending them for programs like Hot Spot. Ann-Marie Scheidt, director of economic development at Long Island High Tech and an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University, said in a phone interview that the council wants to make sure all places they support “represent a innovative family on Long Island that will help startups grow and stay on Long Island.” She said that LaunchPad exposes new companies to “an enormous range of expert resources that are so valuable for an early-stage business.” LaunchPad has already successfully nominated a tenant of theirs to join the Hot Spot program — Nomorobo, a com-
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Times Beacon RecoRd
We Pick The Winners:
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Of The Candidates We Endorsed In The Recent Elections
Won 14 ouT of 16 races
Election 2015
Bellone
Bellone can do it. He demonstrates an understanding of complex issues.
Romaine
Ed Romaine has a solid record of getting things done.
Losquadro
In one of the most tangible litmus tests, Losquadro has remained accessible with his office’s attempts at putting a dent in a backlog of road repaving and repair projects, while also admitting there was no way he could tend to every single one.
Cartright
Cartright’s perspective and life experience is necessary to the Brookhaven Town Board.
Hahn
Hahn is accessible to the people she represents, and her ideas are moving the county in the right direction
Berland
[Berland] has worked to sponsor legislation that’s made a difference, including laws that help put an end to blight and legislation to regulate the invasive bamboo, which can frequently be a nuisance to neighbors.
Cook
Cook’s greatest strength lies in being the sole minority party member on the board, and his willingness to speak up when something fishy is going on, whether he’s right or wrong.
Trotta
A focused and practical lawmaker, Trotta has served his district – the Town of Smithtown and a small portion of Huntington Town – well in the last two years.
Kennedy
She may be untraditional in her approach, but we feel Leslie Kennedy truly wants to respond to the needs of her constituents and has a firm grasp of the issues to respond accordingly.
Stern
Experience is invaluable, and for that, coupled with his achievements, we say elect Stern to a final term in office.
Spencer
Spencer is a well-organized, caring legislator who has done good things for his constituents.
Anker
Anker’s ear has been easily available to constituents since she took office in 2011 and she takes what she hears to heart.
Bonner
Bonner has proven she is a caring and effective councilwoman. She should be reelected to a fifth term.
Muratore
Suffolk County Legislator Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma) said he doesn’t consider himself a politician but, instead, a man of the people. We agree.
LaValle
We have a feeling LaValle, a Republican who grew up in Middle Country, will only keep getting better as time goes on. He has shown high energy and commitment. [Losing candidates that we endorsed: Wehrheim, Creighton, Luft)
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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from Dec. 2-6 The lady in the Mercedes A 49-year-old woman from Smithtown was arrested in Huntington Station on Dec. 3 at 6:40 p.m. after police said she was involved in a crash while driving a 2000 Mercedes. Police discovered she was on drugs and charged her with first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs. Not in prime position A 22-year-old man from East Northport was arrested at the corner of Prime Avenue and Mill Lane in Huntington at about 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 after police said he was in possession of marijuana and prescription medication without a prescription. He was charged with two accounts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana. No smiles on Broadway Police said a 27-year-old man from Wheatley Heights had marijuana in his possession at midnight on Broadway Road in Greenlawn, on Dec. 6. He was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Liberty is caught On Dec. 3, a 58-year-old man from Dix Hills was arrested at the 2nd Precinct for an incident on Nov. 19 at 10:35 p.m., where police said he was driving a 2011 Jeep Liberty on New York Avenue in Huntington when he side swiped another vehicle and then fled the scene. He was charged with operating a motor vehicle and leaving the scene with property damage. Wallet woes Police said a 32-year-old man from Huntington stole a wallet from someone inside Christopher’s in Huntington on July 19 at 11:15 p.m. He was arrested on Dec. 2 at the corner of New York Avenue and Main Street and charged with
fourth-degree grand larceny involving a credit card. A 25-year-old from Bayville was arrested on Dec. 4 at 11:10 p.m. at Acacia Restaurant on New York Avenue in Huntington for stealing someone’s wallet. He was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny. Not nice in the Nissan On Dec. 2, a 37-year-old man from Huntington Station was arrested after police said he was driving a 1998 Nissan on New York Avenue in Huntington Station at 3:40 p.m. with a suspended license. He was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. Corner drugs Police said a 22-year-old man from East Northport had marijuana in his possession on Mckay Road and Columbia Street in Huntington Station at 12:15 a.m on Dec. 6. He was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana. Driving on the high road On Dec. 6, a 26-year-old man from Islandia was arrested on Larkfield Road and Daly Road in Commack at 8:12 p.m., after police said he was driving a 2009 Pontiac while on drugs. He was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs. Not BB-ing nice to the windows On Dec. 4, at about 10 p.m., someone reported that a window of his or her home on West Neck Road in Huntington was shot with a BB gun. Close but no cigar An unknown person broke into a home on Browning Drive in Greenlawn on Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m. but did not steal anything. — Compiled by ViCtoria espinoza
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Bistro classification may come to H’ton Smaller eateries could seat more, serve liquor By Victoria Espinoza
Huntington Town is looking for ways to allow smaller restaurants, like dine-in pizzerias and coffee shops, to offer more seating and obtain a liquor license in order to make them more competitive, officials said this week. Councilwoman Tracey Edwards (D) sponsored legislation that attempts to help small businesses that serve food on-premises by placing them under a new classification. Currently, the town only classifies such establishments as either food shops or restaurants, but the former cannot have more than 15 seats and cannot serve alcohol, while the latter must have a floor plan of at least 2,500-square-feet. If passed, the resolution would create a new classification for bistros and allow one seat per 65-square-feet of total floor area, for a maximum of 38 seats in a 2,500-square-foot location. If a business were to be approved as a bistro spot, it would have to meet specific parking requirements, could not have a drive-through, and could not dedicate more than 5 percent of its total gross floor area to prepackaged retail products, Edwards’ legislation said. “Creating the bistro classi-
fication will help preserve the type of unique, local businesses that are present in our small strip malls as well as in our local villages and hamlets,” Edwards said in a statement. “This measure is important so that small businesses continue to have economic growth within the town of Huntington.” Town Supervisor Frank Petrone (D) said that it’s important for town code to keep up with the times and the culture of what consumers now want in a restaurant. “For example, today, many people like to have a glass of wine or a beer with a slice of pizza,” Petrone said in a statement. “This change will help small eateries that traditionally are owned by local businesspeople satisfy that demand and not lose customers to restaurants that already have capability.” Residents and business owners of Huntington echoed this sentiment at a public hearing during a Huntington Town Board meeting Tuesday night. Vito Defeo, owner of Viajo’s Pizza and Pasta on East Jericho Turnpike in Huntington, said that it’s an integral part of a restaurant to be able to offer a glass of wine or a beer with a meal. “So it impacts our small businesses very greatly,” he said at
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smaller restaurants in Huntington may be able to expand their seating and serve a glass of wine with food.
the meeting. “Anything that can be done to move this forward, not just for myself, but for all the other small businesses in the town that are really restaurants but can’t be classified as such, I think is great. There are a lot of small operations that make amazing food that people would considered to be a restaurant, but unfortunately are not.” Lisa Dvoskin, an attorney and lifelong resident of Huntington stressed the importance of maintaining smaller busi-
nesses in the area. “I think we can all agree that the local businesses in Huntington are the lifeblood of this town,” Dvoskin said. “It is my hope we can have this new classification, in ‘bistro,’ to allow small businesses and restaurants to fairly compete and be successful.” In addition to adding a bistro classification, Edwards said she also wants to simplify the bar classifications. Currently, a tavern or bar is under a sub classifi-
cation of a restaurant, and with the new proposal, the distinction between a restaurant and a bar would be that a bar does not need to have kitchen facilities for food services at all times and is not required to have seating available for 90 percent of the lawful amount of patrons. Edwards said after the meeting that based on the positive response from public comment, she expects the bistro law to be voted on at the next board meeting in January.
Pattern robber with handgun strikes again
An armed robber who restrains victims before stealing cash has hit another location in Suffolk County, according to police. The suspect entered Beach Bum Tanning in Huntington Station last Friday night with a handgun and forced two employees to the back of the store and then restrained them, the Suffolk County Police Department said. The man then took cash from the shop’s drawers. Neither female employee was injured in the incident, police said, and there were no customers in the East Jericho Turnpike store at the time of the robbery, about 8:30 p.m. But the crime was a familiar one. Police have already been on the hunt for the suspect, who followed a similar routine at the Huntington Station Pier 1 Imports, also on East Jericho Turnpike, on Nov. 22. In that armed robbery, the
suspect restrained employees and customers at the back of the store, then made an employee open the shop’s safe and took cash from the registers.
The two crimes are similar to those that have taken place across Long Island since late August, including four robberies at women’s clothing stores in Suffolk
County: on Sept. 7 in East Farmingdale, on Oct. 12 in West Babylon, on Oct. 26 in Deer Park and on Nov. 2 in North Lindenhurst. The suspect in all of the armed robberies is described as black, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall, and of a thin to medium build, police said. During the Pier 1 robbery, he was wearing a mask and a hoodie, but police said he was wearing a scarf and a hat during the Beach Bum Tanning robbery. Detectives from the SCPD’s Pattern Crime Unit are investigating the incident and Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-220-TIPS. — Elana Glowatz
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Movers & Shakers Vanderbilt employee enjoys sharing museum’s treasures BY VICTORIA ESPINOZA
One employee at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum was a fan of the spot long before she started working there and improving many of the exhibits. Stephanie Gress, director of the curatorial department, frequented the Vanderbilt as a kid growing up in St. James, and even went there on her second date with her future husband to see the Pink Floyd laser show at the museum’s planetarium. “A lot of people have a fond memory from here,” Gress said in a phone interview. “My niece actually had her wedding here as well.” Gress has been upgrading exhibits at the Vanderbilt for nearly 15 years. She said some of the collections in the museum were more than 100 years old when she stepped in and needed refurbishing, and she was able to find funding to make the renovations possible. The first exhibit Gress focused on,
the Habitat Gallery, had been closed to the public since 1996, but she reopened it in 2001. She received a Save America’s Treasures grant — through the National Park Service — to make the renovations possible, including cleaning and restor- kids and parents that come here,” Gress ing taxidermied animals displayed in- said. “There is nothing else like this on side the dioramas. Long Island. You can’t see another polar “There was a whole generation of bear or whale shark around here.” people on Long Island who hadn’t seen She said aims to continue Vanderbilt’s the exhibit,” Gress said. intention when he created the museum, For two years, Gress has also been — to bring pieces of other countries and working on a project at the Hall of Fish- cultures to Long Island. es that involves working with dry and “You can choose to visit the planetarwet fish specimens. She ium, see the museum or said some of the fish are ‘You can’t see another even just take a picnic on a century old, and they the grounds.” have to be treated with polar bear or whale Gress wrote a book extreme care because shark around here.’ this year, “Eagle’s Nest: they are so fragile. The William K. Vander— STEPHANIE GRESS William K. Vanderbilt bilt II Estate,” which has II, the museum’s founder, caught all of details about why the museum founder the fish himself, according to Gress, and built his estate in Centerport and “how some were the first of their kind ever the place changed over the years, based caught, so “he had the fun task of nam- on changes in his life, and how we use it ing them.” today,” she said when the book was being She said she feels lucky to have found released over the summer. the money to finance these projects beIn terms of future projects, Gress said cause that can be difficult, but is crucial in an interview this week that there is to keep the displays in the museum in always something to work on, and she their best shape. expects to soon digitize the collections Gress likes many aspects of her job. online to bring them to people who can’t “I enjoy seeing the reactions of the make the trip to the museum.
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Clockwise, the front entrance of the planetarium at the Vanderbilt Museum, a view of the Vanderbilt museum, Stephanie Gress, and a fish specimen from an exhibit.
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Hillary Needle, president of Hillary Needle Events Inc., an event planning firm located in Dix Hills, has been selected as a member of the 2015 class of Long Island’s Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business. Long Island Business News hosts the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business program, launched in 2000, to recognize the Island’s top women professionals for business acumen, mentoring and community involvement. Needle is a graduate of Hofstra University and has more than 20 years of senior management expertise in event planning. Her experience includes serving as the
director of development for the American Heart Association and then as an executive vice president for eight years at a prominent event planning corporation active in fundraising event management for not-for-profit organizations. “I am deeply honored to be recognized for the second time as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Long Island Business News,” said Needle. “I’m blessed to love what I do and to work with good people in the corporate and nonprofit sectors on Long Island. It’s gratifying to be noticed and humbling to share this honor with women that I continue to respect and admire.”
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Right, Hillary Needle receives her award from Scott Schoen, publisher of the Long Island Business News.
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Elizabeth Loyola, right, is awarded an employment recognition award.
Loyola shines as employee Elizabeth Loyola of Huntington Station, who is employed with ShopRite in Commack, was recently among Long Island-area employees recognized by Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities during its 30th Annual Employment Recognition Breakfast at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale. As a leading, Long Island-based, not-for-profit agency devoted to providing opportunities for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism and other developmental disabilities to pursue enviable lives, ACLD hosts the breakfast each year as part
of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The annual event honors individuals with special needs who have made notable achievements on the job and salutes businesses that are committed to hiring individuals with disabilities. “Meaningful work creates an opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to have another dimension of purpose and satisfaction in their lives,” said Rich Breuninger, first vice president of the ACLD board of trustees. “ACLD continues to be committed to pursuing the dream of employment with the people we support.”
Harry Williams The Greenlawn Fire Department and community mourned the loss of Ex-Captain Harry Williams Jr., who passed away suddenly at the age of 48, on Nov. 11. Harry served as a Greenlawn volunteer firefighter for 27 years, rising to lieutenant and then captain of the Engine Company. He was also an EMT on the Greenlawn Rescue Squad and earned a Green Cross commendation. Harry served as a driver for all of the department’s apparatus, was a director for nine years and cochairman of the popular Fireman’s Fair held on Labor Day weekend. Harry was a popular person in Greenlawn and was well known at neighboring fire departments, which turned out in large numbers for his Firematic Service at the A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home on Nov. 17. Harry was remembered for his dedicated service in helping others, and his heart was as big as his smile. Chaplain John McKenna recognized the efforts of Greenlawn’s Rescue Squad paramedics and EMTs and the Emergency Room staff at Huntington Hospital who worked diligently in an attempt to revive Harry. Harry made an outstanding contribution to the Greenlawn Rescue Squad by helping to treat and transport thousands of
patients over the past 27 years. Harry is survived by his son John M., parents Harry Sr. and Eva, brothers Carl and Derrick and sister Angela. He was also the caring uncle to many nieces and nephews.
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the codes as a “vast extension” to what the hospital was previously using and said it should “improve the quality of medical records and increase the amount of information that researchers can obtain and make for the best care for patients.” Grosso also said that understanding and learning the codes was an important first step, but ongoing feedback on how the codes are being adopted is equally important. A feedback program has been created at each hospital. John Ruth, director of revenue integrity and interim chief compliance officer at Stony Brook University Hospital, said Stony Brook used outside resource companies with online courses to teach the new code to their physicians and coding staff.
Ruth said that a new code system was necessary, as the previous system, ICD-9, was created by WHO in the 1970s. He called ICD-10 a natural progression. “There are a lot more codes for specific organ systems, muscles, muscle tendons and nerves than were required with ICD-9,” he said in a phone interview. Ruth also said that ICD-9 was mostly comprised of three- and four-digit codes, and ICD-10 is up to seven digits in length, which makes the new coding more challenging but more valuable. “If a patient has PTSD, we can assign a code from where he got it from, not just that he has it, which is important for planning his future and ongoing care,” Ruth said. Stacie Colonna, associate director of inpatient coding at Stony Brook University Hospital, said there has been approximately a 30 percent decrease in staff productivity with the changeover to ICD-10 and a shortage of trained staff. “I get 10 questions a day just from internal staff,” Colonna said. But she also noted that staff frequently asked daily questions about the old system as well. She said she expects productivity to improve in the near future. At John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Joseph Ng said the staff went through web training, too. One-on-one training was also available if a clinician requested it. Ng agreed specificity is both the pro and con of ICD10. “Because it’s so specific, it really allows clinicians to hone in on what’s really going on with patients and be able to communicate better with one another,” Ng said in an email. “But because it’s so specific, sometimes it’s hard to find the right code, especially when it comes to procedures. The codes are not all inclusive.” Looking forward, Grosso said the new system had a lot to offer for hospitals across the country because of the amount of information people could potentially learn from it. “A number of private and government parties will benefit from the ability to look at more detailed hospital data,” Grosso said.
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Police said a Long Island man was not using a mandated anti-drunk driving device on his car when he struck a pedestrian in a parking lot last week, seriously injuring her. Interlock devices prevent a car from operating unless a sober person breathes into them, and the Suffolk County Police Department said 24-year-old Keylor Laporta did not have one in the 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 he was driving in the Huntington Station Target’s parking lot at the time of the incident. Police did not specify whether Laporta’s blood alcohol level was tested at the site of last Wednesday night’s crash, in which Laporta struck 68-year-old Teresa Kochan, a West Hills resident, in the lot off of East Jericho Turnpike. Kochan sustained head injuries, police said, and was in serious condition at Huntington Hospital. Laporta, a Huntington Station resident, was not injured. The man was charged with using a vehicle without an interlock device, a misdemeanor. According to the New York State court system’s online database, Laporta also has two vehicle infractions against him in connection with the incident, operating an unregistered vehicle and failing to change an address on a license. Attorney information for the defendant was not immediately available.
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bus traffic patterns on the weekdays, and on weekends, the school is used for many different events, including soccer games and various club activities. So additional traffic in this area could have an adverse impact, she said. Tondo also said the school would have a better understanding of how much traffic would be affected if the vineyard released its hours of operations, but they have yet to do so. “All we’re asking for is full disclosure and transparency, which shouldn’t be issues if you’re looking to be a good neighbor,” she said. “I don’t know why there
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can’t be some compromise to alleviate concerns for hours of operations.” Guardino said that the board does not have any power over the decision for closing and opening hours. “Hours are at the discretion of the owner within … this board can’t control that,” he said. Student interaction with patrons at the vineyard was another concern, and Tondo asked if the vineyard is exploring security services. To this problem, Guardino said that building plans included a landscape buffer between the vineyard parking lot and the school, as well as a 10-foot deer fence, and he said he saw no instance where students would be able to converse with patrons. Tondo said the district would like notification of when Del Vino will be spraying pesticides on their crops because schools themselves are not usually allowed to apply pesticides to their grounds, to prevent students from unnecessary exposure. Guardino said that Giachetti plans to use “state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly pesticide applicators” that recycles whatever pesticides aren’t directly sprayed on a plant and has very little overspray. Suffolk County Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) said he thinks this vineyard could be valuable to the town by providing more open space. “We need open space, and for someone from the outside to pay for it is a gift,” Trotta said. “Is this perfect? I don’t know.
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Above, the property on Norwood Road where Del Vino Vineyards wants to open. Below, attorney Carrie-Ann Tondo speaks during the public hearing.
But I think that you have an opportunity here to work with this gentleman … and for us to preserve open space, because once he sells that and builds houses, it’s gone forever.” Alice Abbate, a 25-year resident of Norwood Road, presented a petition with more than 350 signatures against the vineyard. All four of her children walk to school everyday at Norwood Elementary.
“My children shouldn’t be afraid that there are 60 parking spaces they’re passing where people have been coming in and out after they’ve been drinking,” Abbate said. “When we bought our home 25 years ago, as did our neighbors, we bought it because it was in a nice quiet neighborhood on a street with a school. Maybe a winery is a good idea some other place.”
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Northport lax players ready to attack the next level Photo from Nancy Jacobsen
Four Northport senior lacrosse players signed letters of intent to take their talents to the next level. Noelle Peragine will attend Georgetown University; Courtney Orella signed to play at Villanova University; Ryan Columbus will enter the program at Fairfield University and Kelly Jacobsen signed to play at Bryant University. The girls, above, are pictured with head coach Carol Rose.
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OPINION EDITORIAL
The gift of caring
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the chaos of shopping for holiday gifts during the December rush. Most of us are trying to get in and out of stores and malls as quickly as possible, but staying a little bit longer could go a long way this holiday season if we all make an effort to buy just one more present. It doesn’t have to be a big one, like a video game console — although we’re sure nobody would mind that — but we could all buy just one more gift and donate it to a child in need through a local church or charity. There are kids whose parents simply cannot afford gifts, or live in domestic violence shelters, or don’t have parents at all. Those kids deserve a little happiness, too, to know that they are part of a community and that there are other people out there who care about them. We could also consider donating a gift to a hospital or a nursing home, where there could sometimes be people without family to remember them during the holidays. Our newspaper told a story this week about a 22-year-old woman from Setauket who spent the last month raising money to buy holiday gifts for underprivileged teenagers. Her name is Hailey Del Giorno and she works at Little Flower Children and Family Services (631-929-6200) in Wading River. She is an only child and grew up reaping the bounty of the Christmas morning loot. But that did not deter her from reaching out to those who may be less fortunate, and she has already raised close to $2,000 to provide presents to teenagers she works with at the nonprofit organization. We also see many local schools raising money to donate toys to those who are less fortunate. The Students Against Drunk Driving club at Mount Sinai raised money for Holiday Magic (631-265-7200), a not-for-profit organization that dedicates itself to making the holidays special for less fortunate children and their families. The club raised more than $7,000 and went shopping at Walmart and the Smith Haven Mall to purchase gifts for 67 children. We, too, could look beyond ourselves and make our community better this holiday season. There are strangers all around us who need a friend. Let’s make a difference in one of their lives during the season of giving.
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Should mute swans be protected by law?
We are appalled by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s veto, on Nov. 13, of two bills requesting a moratorium on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s plan for mute swan management. These bills had passed by overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both State chambers. Make no mistake about it: the DEC management plan for mute swans is lethal. In claiming, the plan called mainly for nonlethal measures of control. Governor Cuomo either did not read the plan himself, or was misinformed. The estimated 2,200 mute swans in New York State will be reduced to a mere 800, with approximately 400 out of 1,600 left on Long Island. We commented extensively to the DEC, to the Governor’s office, and to Audubon New York for the last two years, itemizing, linefor-line, deficiencies and discrepancies in both the original and revised plans. The DEC failed on every count to answer our questions. Among other items, we cited a lack of scientific evidence, inconsistencies in stated goals, outdated population counts, bias in decision-making and problematic management schemes. We asked for inclusion in DEC’s stakeholders’ meetings; we did not get it. One of the most glaring problems in the DEC management plan is that all adult mute swans must be under municipal or private management,
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yet the plan fails to provide jurisdiction of swans living along the tidal coastlines of either Long Island or the NYC metropolitan areas. How will these swans, which swim across municipal lines, be claimed for management? Or will this point be moot, as they will be among the 1,200 shot? Afterall, these swans are not contained, as the plan requires, in parks and lakes. As for the others in our local lakes and parks? These swans must be managed. Groups or private individuals will have to come forward and apply to DEC for this task. How will the public react, however, when they realize that management requires wing-clipping? The only adult mute swans we get to view will be intentionally maimed, through surgical removal of at least one of their wings. What kind of management model is this? Imagine observing a maimed swan attempting to fly across Setauket Mill Pond with half a wing? What message does this form of animal cruelty send to our impressionable children? In addition, all eggs will be addled [shaken], or oiled, so there will no more cygnets, or young swans, in any location. What a lost
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opportunity to provide this easily observable window into the natural world! How unfortunate that children, families, and adults throughout New York will be denied this opportunity to observe the marvels of a mute swan with her young! By vetoing the bills, Governor Cuomo ignored the scientific evidence of no-harm by these animals. He also ignored his learned legislators, including our own state senator Kenneth LaValle, and state assemblyman Steve Englebright, chairperson of the assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation, both of whom voted in favor of a moratorium. Instead, Governor Cuomo bowed to the pressures of a few upstate individuals with an agenda of removing mute swans so that they can make room for northern species of trumpeter and tundra swans [both of which are non-nesters in NYS, and infrequently seen on Long Island]. These two species are considered trophy birds when hunted, and we predict they will be soon on the DEC’s seasonal list of hunted waterfowl. Governor Cuomo has made his position clear on mute swans. Like the DEC, his priority is to provide harvestable animals, rather than to ensure other means of wildlife enjoyment for the residents of New York. The authors are on Four Harbors Audubon chapter’s board of directors.
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Trying to see the good in all God’s children
D. None of the above by DaNiel DuNaief
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s there divine in all of us, or only in the people who share our religion? If your God, my God, anyone’s God, created the Earth and all the people, animals and planets on it, then does She want those who are true believers to annihilate and destroy the other people She created because they don’t believe in Her? What? You don’t think God could be female? That’s a topic
for another column. Recently, I read about a charitable act. At the end of the article, I saw that people were commenting about how that charity could only come from someone of their religion — I’m not going to indicate what religion it was. The commentors were convinced that it couldn’t have come from someone who followed a different religious discipline. Why? If there are elements to ourselves that are a combination of destroyers and builders, lovers and haters, sinners and saints, why should something extraordinary or even inspirational be limited to one religion? Couldn’t everyone’s God speak through or act through one person, regardless of his background or religion, to inspire others to greater heights, to do something incredibly beneficial to his or her fellow human beings without selecting only those people who go to the right building, speak the right language and follow the right
religious practices? Maybe we need to close our eyes to see the divine in everyone. Religion has this way of bringing out the best in us and, at times, the worst. We sometimes feel that we’ve received some message from a divine being who tells us that we must right the wrongs of people who are outside our religous group. Centuries after the Crusades, humans still resort to weapons to make our point with those who have other religious beliefs. I understand the fear, especially in an era when every politician with national aspirations describes a boogeyman (or woman). I also understand the reality that there are people bent on destroying us and that we can’t go naively into that good night, imagining we live in a utopian world where we can ignore threats. It’s real and it dominates the headlines every day. This isn’t about the extreme cases, where we have to be
vigilant against killers who, for whatever reason, feel they are doing something important in their lives by killing others before dying. That doesn’t seem like much of a way to honor anyone’s God. This is about the way we relate to each other and the way we think of religious groups outside our own. Why should something spectacular or incredible have to originate from the mind or heart of someone from our religion? Turning this around, do you like everyone in your church, temple or mosque? Do you routinely sit during services and feel a universal kindred spirit with everyone in that room that you don’t feel with the people in your child’s classroom at school, at your daughter’s ballet recital or at a concert where the music seems to echo around the room long after our kids have stopped strumming? Would you randomly pick a name out of the hat at your
Do you like everyone in your church, temple or mosque?
house of worship and be equally thrilled to host any of those people in your home for a week, a night or even a long dinner? Religion can offer us a chance to see and imagine that the best is yet to come in anyone around us. We don’t have to give up our own religion and it doesn’t lessen our religion to believe that something spectacular lies just beneath the surface of another person passing by us, even if that person doesn’t share our religion. If we are all God’s children, wouldn’t She (or He) want us to put more effort into getting along with our siblings? Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,” may be purchased online from www.tbrnewsmedia.com/ebooks.
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his past weekend started for me with a stellar performance, as usual, by the Emerson String Quartet at the Staller Center on the Stony Brook University campus. This marvelous string ensemble comes to us directly from Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center or at any given time, from other musical capitals in the world. They are, incredibly for us, in residence at Stony Brook and as part of the deal struck with SBU past president, Shirley Kenny, they give four performances a year here. The quartet features Eugene
Drucker and Philip Setzer, who alternate at first and second violin, Lawrence Dutton on the viola, and now Paul Watkins, who replaced David Finckel in 2013, playing the cello. The original group formed when they were students at Juilliard, then turned professional in 1976, and in the course of their career they have released more than 30 albums and won nine Grammys along with the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize. They were inducted into the Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2010. Friday night, they played two selections by Haydn and two by Beethoven. Attending their concerts is made even more delightful for not having to drive more than a few minutes from door to door and being assured of convenient and free parking upon arrival. The audience routinely gives them a standing ovation. Moving onto the next day, three friends and I joined up to view the 37th annual Candlelight House Tour, traditionally held on Friday evenings and Saturday daytimes, and made possible as a fundraiser by the hard work of the Three Village Historical Society. Members
take care of the myriad of details from selecting to decorating the homes, along with professional help made possible by local contributions. Each year homeowners graciously allow hundreds of visitors to traipse through their rooms, checking out the decor and listening to the history explained many times over during the day by society members and helpers. This year the homes were centered in Old Stony Brook, and the weather cooperated magnificently. Many of us well remember in past years waiting in line to enter the homes in subfreezing, or snowy, or rainy or sharply windy days. Sunny Saturday was a Goldilocks day for touring: not too cold, not too hot, just right. And if house tours are your thing, the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce has worked hard to organize the Lantern Light House Tour, this year centered in Harbor Hills. Also a fundraiser, the event is scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 12, from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Like the one in Three Village, the tour is very much a community effort with generous contributions of time and financial backing.
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As if this weren’t enough activity for a satisfying weekend, we enjoyed the lighting of the splendid Christmas tree on the Stony Brook Village Green, sponsored as usual, by The Ward Melville Heritage Organization Sunday night. WMHO has been happily celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout this past year. On Jan. 19, there will be a special anniversary commemoration of the night Ward Melville hosted a dinner at the Three Village Inn for the owners of the sundry shops and unveiled his plans for the first shopping mall in America, a crescent village on the hill overlooking Stony Brook Harbor. After much good food and drink, the shop owners agreed to join the effort. The result was the picturesque Stony Brook Village Center, designed by architect Richard Haviland Smythe that we enjoy now, three quarters of a century later. The ongoing vibrancy of the village was further illustrated by the ribbon-cutting party later that evening at the site of the latest business to join the Stony Brook shopping center. Blue Salon & Spa, formerly Legends, welcomed
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Sunny Saturday was a Goldilocks day for touring: not too cold, not too hot, just right.
guests, who devoured delicious hors d’oeuvres provided by owner, Cathy Hansen, in her newly renovated salon. It was a symbolic end to the evening’s festivities. Meanwhile in the other direction, Port Jefferson Village offered the Dickens festival last Saturday and Sunday for the 20th year. Originally the brainchild of former mayor, Jeanne Garant, churches, schools, the theater, stores and restaurants all joined together to transform the village into a Dickensian wonderland, replete with 19th century characters walking the streets and engaging the public. (And throughout December you may stop at Santa’s Workshop, a brilliant creation of the talented Pat Darling.) Encouraged by the wonderful weather, visitors came out in droves to the festival, putting Port Jefferson on the map as the glorious destination village that it is.
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each fencer needs a certain number of practices to qualify for the first meet. Senior Elisa Medina-Jaudes took two out of three in epée, defeating her opponents 5-3 and 5-4 before she too dropped her third match by a single point. “Brentwood has always been an equal match for us,” Medina-Jaudes said. “We were missing some of our best players, but I think we did well overall. We were able to hold our own, but we struggled without those players.” Melnick said she is always pleased with her senior’s performance. “Elisa performed well, as she stayed cool under pressure,” she said. “She’s a leader out there on the strip, where she kept her entire team rooting for one another.” The boys took foil with a dominant performance by Dylan Collier, who won all three of his bouts 5-2, 5-0 and 5-3. Huntington took the foil card 5-4. The girls struggled in foil, and managed
Brentwood . . . . . . . . 15 Brentwood . . . . . . . . 18 Huntington . . . . . . . . 12 Huntington . . . . . . . . . 9 The Brentwood fencing team was too much for the Huntington Blue Devils to handle, as the boys fell 15-12, and the girls lost 18-9, Monday night. On the boys’ side, Brentwood dominated Huntington in epée, winning seven of nine bouts, which set the tone for the rest of the match. Notching victory for the Blue Devils in epée was Finn Tucker, who managed to take two out of three, defeating his opponents 5-3 and 5-4 before dropping his third by a single point. On the girls’ strip, Huntington struggled to fill the card, and forfeited three matches as a result of fencers being ineligible due to practice issues, which, according to Huntington head coach Jillian Melnick, is not uncommon this early in the season. “We were fencing their best of their best, but unfortunately, not all of our fencers were eligible,” Melnick said, adding that
only three wins to Brentwood’s six. Leading the card for Huntington was Hanae Wada, with two victories, defeating her opponents 5-2 and 5-4, while Sabrina Floro won her match 5-1. “We did really well considering we didn’t have all of our varsity starters, so we saw new people step up,” Wada said. “We’ve got to work on being more aggressive, but we got a lot of touches today.” Huntington’s Zach McGinniss won two out of three in sabre, besting his opponents 5-1 and 5-3, dropping his third match 3-5.
Brentwood took the boys’ sabre card 5-4. “Brentwood’s a good team; they’re consistent every year — they have good fencers, and I expected them to bring what they did today,” Huntington senior epéeist Jack O’Heir said. “We didn’t have our full varsity team, but I think each of us performed to our potential.” Kelly Tenbus won two of her sabre matches, 5-1 and 5-3, and Adina Kirkland won her bout 5-2. But again, Brentwood bested the card, taking sabre 6-3. “[Brentwood] showed superior technique today,” Melnick said. “We’ll practice in specific bouts where they’ll have to be aggressive in order to get the touch. Some of the kids were nervous and fell back on defense instead of pushing their own offense.” Senior epéeist Stefano Ornato echoed O’Heir’s sentiment. “They’re a solid team,” he said of Brentwood. “But missing as many players as we did, I thought we did pretty well with what we had.” The Blue Devils hit the road for their next match, where they will take on Newfield on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m.
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