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Vol. 42, No. 35

October 26, 2017

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Brookhaven takes next step toward an improved 25A in Three Village area A5

Residents, spirits take a stroll through cemeteries A7 66-year-old to take on NYC Marathon for first time A9 Patriots tennis team crowned county champs A17

Celebrating Halloween on the North Shore

Also: Review of ‘Historic Crimes of Long Island,’ Photo of the Week, Fall Scavenger Hunt

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Bates House program to address drug risk factors The Three Village Drug & Alcohol Awareness Program will present A Prescription for Prevention Oct. 29 at The Bates House. The guest speaker will be Kym Laube, executive director of Human Understanding Growth Services Inc., a not-for-profit, communitybased youth organization which provides educational and recreational programs for middle and high school youth. Parents of junior high and high school students are encouraged to attend. Attendees will learn the risk factors in a teenager’s life which can create the vulnerabilities that lead to high-risk choices involving alcohol, tobacco

and other drugs. Other topics to be discussed will be how to identify the scope of the problem, how addiction is addressed in our society and how to initiate specific strategies for comprehensive change at the individual/family, community and other population levels. The program aims to illustrate the realities of how addiction affects an individual, as well as their family system. The talk will be held at The Bates House, located at 1 Bates Road, Setauket, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. — Rita J. Egan

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Village Ward Melville grad, filmmaker returns to alma mater By Rita J. Egan rita@tbrnewspapers.com While many Long Islanders move away from home to pursue their dreams, one East Setauket native is returning to share her story. On Oct. 27, Tara Langton, a Los Angelesbased writer and film producer, will meet with Ward Melville High School film students in teacher Stephanie DiLorenzo’s classes. During her visit, the 1991 Ward Melville graduate will discuss the ins and outs of independent filmmaking, show outtakes from her short films and answer students’ questions. While she was a student at the high school, Langton said she took a film class called World of Cinema, and also participated in an acting class at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson when she was in 10th grade. Langton said she left Long Island for Los Angeles 20 years ago to

pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker. The road has been a long and tough one, but even with the tight budgets of independent filmmaking, it’s a journey she said she enjoys. “I want to teach the students that you can make a film with virtually no budget if you have a dedicated cast and crew willing to put their heart and soul into the project,” she said. “Independent filmmaking is rarely glamorous but is truly a labor of love.” Langton said another thing she would like to convey to the students is the importance of taking any role in filmmaking and learning from it. She said she gained a great deal of knowledge while she was a production assistant with a small acting part in the 2010 movie “Mineville” with Paul Sorvino and William Sadler. She said she asked tons of questions of those on the set while working on the film. In 2017 she wrote and produced “Finding Anissa Jones” which was accepted into the Stella Adler Academy Short + Sweet Film Festival in Hollywood. In 2018, she plans to film “A Shortstop Away,” about a 14-year-old boy who shared a love of baseball with his father, who died from cancer. The full-length film is based on a children’s book and short film she wrote, “Travis Tinley and the Spirit of #22.” She said the story begins in Durango, Colorado, and the main character’s adventures take him to Long Island where he accepts a posthumous award for his deceased father. Langton said in the story Travis begins to feel lost without his father, and it demonstrates that even when bad things happen to

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independent filmmaker tara Langton at her 1991 graduation from Ward Melville High School, above. Left, Langton during the filming of a short based on her children’s book ‘travis tinley and the Spirit of #22.’ someone, there is still good in life. “I try to write stuff that comes out of my heart, stuff that I would relate to when I was younger, and try to motivate kids to be good people,” she said. Langton said she would love to film part of the movie in the Three Village area. While interior shots will be done either in California or Pennsylvania, she said she hopes she can film some scenes at locations such as Ward Melville High School and Danfords in Port Jefferson. She said she is also hoping to find a local resident who would allow filming at their home.

The filmmaker hopes to cast a few local actors. Currently, former child actress Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, who is known for her role as Carrie Ingalls on the television show “Little House on the Prairie,” is signed to play one of the supporting characters in the film. When it comes to her trip home, Langton, who visits Long Island twice a year to see friends, said she is looking forward to walking the halls of Ward Melville once again. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to come back to the Three Village area and share my film experience with the students and faculty at my alma mater,” she said.

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village Legislators announce completion of visioning report By Rita J. Egan rita@tbrnewspapers.com Route 25A in the Three Village area is one step closer to getting a makeover thanks to the collaborative efforts of residents, business owners, civic leaders and local lawmakers. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) held a press conference at The Stony Brook School Oct. 24 to announce the completion of the Route 25A Three Village Area Visioning Report. The town board is expected to vote unanimously for the report at the Oct. 26 town board meeting. The next step for changes in the area will be land use studies followed by public hearings. “The visioning document that we’re going to be putting forward at the town board meeting on Thursday offers thoughts and ideas for improving traffic and pedestrian safety, creating and maintaining a more cohesive architecture and visual aesthetic while enhancing the existing public open spaces,” Cartwright said. “It is this type of community-based planning that we need to continue to do, and it is that work product that will be presented on Thursday, and I’m proud to be the sponsor of that resolution.” In 2016, Romaine and Cartright co-sponsored a land use resolution which led to the Brookhaven Town Department of Planning, Environment and Land Management authorizing the creation of a land use study and plan regarding the state highway. “This report is step one but it’s an important step,” Romaine said. “It lays out the future of the 25A corridor. From this

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Brookhaven town Supervisor Ed Romaine, center, and Councilwoman Valerie Cartright, left, announce the completion of the Route 25a Visioning Report Oct. 24, with the Stony Brook School assistant head, Jane taylor, looking on. step will come land use decisions that will be put before the entire town board regarding the future of 25A, and this could not have happened without the hard work of Councilwoman Valerie Cartright and the hard work of the citizens who participated starting with the two co-chairpersons Jane Taylor and George Hoffman.” In addition to being co-chairs of the Citizens Advisory Committee, Hoffman is vice president of the Three Village Civic Association and Taylor is assistant head of The Stony Brook School. Romaine and Cartright also thanked the representatives from local community groups who attended the press conference and were involved in the visioning process. The supervisor and councilwoman also thanked The Stony Brook School where

community forums were held. The meetings gave residents and business owners the opportunity to discuss improvements they would like to see along the corridor from the Smithtown/Brookhaven town line to the Poquott Village line. Listening to constituents’ concerns about the area is something Cartright said she has done since she took office, and she is optimistic about the future of 25A in the Three Village area, where she said residents love the historic, main street feeling and charm. Hoffman said after a shaky start in 2013 the councilwoman was “influential and instrumental in kind of jump starting the planning process for Route 25A again.” Romaine asked the co-chairs to present the report at the Oct. 26 meeting. Taylor said she was pleased with the results of the report

that will provide the town board with a “road map” for future planning along the state road. “I was absolutely overwhelmed, when we began this process, about the excitement of being able to vision ahead maybe 20 or 30 years, when many of us won’t be here anymore, and the participation of the committee members to make that happen and to share their thoughts,” Taylor said. “And, sometimes we had varying opinions but we would all come together and the purpose was the vision of what we want to see for our community.” President of the Three Village Civic Association Jonathan Kornreich was in attendance at the press conference. He said like many group leaders and residents he appreciated the opportunity to contribute ideas at the meetings. “Planning for the future of the community is one of the primary goals of the civic association and it’s really our main focus,” he said. “I’m very appreciative of the work that Jane and George did, and I am especially appreciative for the leadership of Valerie and Ed.” Romaine put the lengthy 25A visioning process into perspective. “Society grows great when old men plant trees,” Romaine said, quoting an ancient Greek proverb. “We planted some trees here, and not all of us may see it to fruition, but this is something that speaks to the quality of this community and the people that live in it and the desire to ensure that this community remains, not unchanged, but the same type of a community that it is now 20 or 30 years from now.” Residents will be able to review the report on the town’s website after it is presented at www.brookhavenny.gov.

PersPectives Deer overpopulation is an issue that needs attention By alfREd J. COSSaRi Although highly valued for beauty and grace, Suffolk County’s white-tailed deer population exceeds socially and ecologically desirable levels, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. As a result of hunting restrictions, suburban sprawl and the elimination of primary predators (wolves and mountain lions), overpopulation in rural areas caused outstripping of the forest’s natural food supplies. This led to reliance on abundant food supplies in suburban areas. In Suffolk County, motor vehicles are their primary predators. Recognized suburban concerns include an increased incidence of tick-borne Lyme disease, the fear of vehicular accidents and destruction of landscape and agricultural plantings. No less important, however, are the ecological effects of outstripped indigenous plants. This results in the loss of habitat for migrating birds and other wildlife and the possibility of soil erosion on cliffs and hillsides. The profound reduction in plant diversity may never recover, even after removing deer entirely. The high density of deer population also harms the deer by increasing competition for food and the transmission of diseases and parasites.

Other factors contributing to overpopulation include: • Inapplicability of traditional hunting methods in suburban areas • Difficulties controlling the deer population at a realistic target level • Absence of an urgency for changes in local laws permitting deer reduction • Need for hunters to use liberalized reduction rules to help control local herds • Insufficient resident awareness of the significance and implications of overpopulation The Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium causes Lyme disease when passed to humans by a deer tick. It is transmitted to ticks from deer blood, their primary food source. Within 30 days of human bacterial inoculation, fever, headaches, tiredness and possible complications like arthritis, nerve paralysis and meningitis occur. Lyme was reported in 5,533 cases in Suffolk County from 2000 to 2015, but the true number is thought to be around 55,330. Deer reduction can reduce infection by decreasing the number of infected ticks. Although rodents also carry Borrelia, they are not the tick’s primary source of blood and they do not retain the infection through the winter. Female deer go into heat every 28 days be-

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disease can be carried by deer, and their population is getting out of hand. tween October and February and give birth to one to three fawns in the spring. This produces a doubling of the population every two years. Suffolk’s regular deer hunting season opens the first Sunday in January and closes Jan. 31. Landowners, municipalities and hunters can request permits for taking an increased number of antlerless deer in season (Deer Management Assistance Program) or hunting deer outside the regular season (Bonus Deer Damage Permit). Reduction can also be accomplished by capturing deer with drop nets, clover traps or tranquilizer darts for buck neutering or doe

immunocontraceptive vaccinations. On Staten Island, there is a DEC-approved program of buck capturing on designated public or private lands. They are brought to a park facility for a 15-minute vasectomy procedure and the application of an identifying ear tag. In Hastings on Hudson, the Humane Society and Tufts Veterinary School are participating in a reduction program using the PZP-22 (porcine zona pellucida) immunocontraceptive vaccine. High school students participate by obtaining landowners’ permission for property access around feeders and high-priority darting areas. During specified field seasons, the involved properties are marked with identifying flags, and villagers have a hotline for reporting deer sightings directly to the field team. In the first year, the team immobilizes the doe with a tranquilizer dart to insert a time-released vaccine and apply an ear tag. In March of the subsequent year, a dart is used to inject a long-lasting booster immunization without the need for tranquilization. It is becoming increasingly apparent that communities must consider deer reduction for addressing the adverse health and ecosystem consequences of deer overpopulation. Alfred J. Cossari is a Port Jefferson resident and medical practice owner.

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Incidents and arrests Oct. 19–23

Crack down

At about 9 p.m. Sept. 11 on William Street in Port Jefferson, a 36-year-old man from Huntington sold crack cocaine and heroin, according to police. He also sold crack cocaine on Aron Lane in Port Jefferson Station Sept. 19 and on Middle Country Road in Coram Sept. 21, police said. He was arrested Oct. 19 in Port Jefferson Station and charged with three counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

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At about 10:30 a.m. Oct. 23, a 27-year-old woman from Miller Place driving a 2004 Honda on Point Circle South in Coram was involved in a collision and left the scene without exchanging contact or insurance information, according to police. She was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.

Walk in the park

A 20-year-old man from Selden was involved in a dispute with another person at a public park on Boyle Road in Selden at about 2 p.m. Oct. 22 and stole cash from the wallet of the individual, according to police. He was arrested in Centereach and charged with petit larceny.

Drug driving

On Buckskin Lane in Selden Oct. 20 at about 11:30 a.m., a 54-year-old man from Coram was driving a 1997 Jeep with a suspended license, according to police. A 28-year-old man from Shirley was also seated in the vehicle and possessed a hypodermic needle containing heroin, police said. The Coram man was arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and the Shirley man was arrested and charged with unlawfully loitering for the purpose of using a controlled substance.

Lack of concentration

During a traffic stop on Main Street in Stony Brook Oct. 22 at about 11 a.m., police discovered concentrated marijuana within a car being driven by a 21-yearold man from Stony Brook, according to police. He was arrested and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Scratching the surface

A 2017 Audi parked on Piedmont Drive in Port Jefferson Station was keyed at about 8 p.m. Oct. 21, according to police.

Old-fashioned identity theft

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A woman shopping at Marshall’s on Route 347 in Stony Brook Oct. 21 at about 3:30 p.m. either lost her wallet or had it stolen, then her credit card was used to make purchases at another business, according to police.

Gone fishing

Fishing equipment was stolen from a boat docked at Mount Sinai Marina at about 5 p.m. Oct. 23, according to police.

Cashed out

Money was stolen from a 2006 Ford parked on Crystal Brook Hollow Road in Port Jefferson Station Oct. 21 at about 10 p.m., according to police.

Shattered

The window of a 2015 Lexus was broken while it was parked outside of a home on Old Town Road in Setauket Oct. 21 at about 3 a.m., according to police.

Special delivery

A television that had been delivered to a home on Carlisle Road in Miller Place Sept. 26 at about noon was stolen off the front porch, according to police. A police report was filed Oct. 20.

Lock it up

A cellphone, tools, a GPS and sunglasses were stolen from within an unlocked 2016 Hyundai parked on Sycamore Drive in Stony Brook at about 8:30 p.m. Oct. 19, according to police.

Rubber cutter

The tires of a 2004 Subaru were slashed at about 1 a.m. Oct. 19 while it was parked on Florence Road in Port Jefferson Station, according to police.

Wild shopper

Assorted groceries were stolen from Wild By Nature on Route 25A in Setauket Aug. 30 at about 9 a.m., according to police. A police report was filed Oct. 19.

Food drive

A 50-year-old man from Stony Brook stole items off the shelf from Stop & Shop in South Setauket at about 9 p.m. Oct. 19, according to police. He was arrested and charged with petit larceny.

Gamer gaffe

An Xbox video game console was stolen from GameStop on Nesconset Highway in East Setauket at about noon Oct. 23, according to police.

False alarm

A 41-year-old man from Port Jefferson Station pulled the fire alarm at his home on Terryville Road when there was no fire or present danger, once Oct. 20 at about midnight and once Oct. 24 at 5:30 p.m., according to police. He was arrested Oct. 21 and charged with two counts of seconddegree falsely reporting an incident. — Compiled by Alex petroski

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history close at hand

Photos by Beverly C. Tyler

Clockwise from left, Holly Griesel as Etta Sherry; George Overin as William Washington Bryant; Donna Smith as Kate Wheeler Strong; and Art Billadello as Robert Cushman Murphy guide participants on a tour in the graveyards of the Setauket Presbyterian Church and Caroline Episcopal Church Oct. 21.

Spirits pay the village an early Halloween visit By BEvERly C. TylER The Spirits of the Prohibition: Setauket in the Roaring 20s provided the overall theme for the Three Village Historical Society’s 23rd Annual Spirits Tour in the graveyards of the Setauket Presbyterian Church and Caroline Episcopal Church Oct. 21. “My family was traditionally Episcopalian but my father Melville Havens Bryant had become a rabid prohibitionist, and the Methodist Church embraced temperance

so we changed affiliation,” George Overin, playing William Washington Bryant (18591937), said. “Father was so committed to the cause that he would cross the street rather than walk in front of a saloon.” More than 300 attendees followed guides that took them on a walk to meet 14 colorful but deceased local residents who entertained them with stories of their lives and the people in the Three Village communities. Guided tours began at 5 p.m. and a new group stepped out from the Setauket Presbyterian Church social hall every 15 minutes through 7:45 p.m. In addition to the tours through the cemeteries, tour participants were treated to an exhibit on Prohibition with many artifacts and visuals from The Long Island Museum’s Prohibition exhibit, Midnight Rum, on view in the Setauket Presbyterian Church social hall. The exhibit featured a 1933 beer keg from Trommer’s Brewery, which Trommer’s rebranded and pressed this pre-Prohibition keg into service to help satisfy its large number of beer orders. Tour groups were also treated to an evening of jazz in the hall by the Ward Melville Honors Jazztet with Andrew Cavese, Max Liueberman, Miles Bruno and Jared Gozinsky providing the delightful jazz on bass, sax, guitar and drums. “It was a court room, meeting hall, lecture hall, but most notably what it was used for was square dancing and late at night, if the spirit got my papa, you would see some fancy footwork at the Stone Jug,” Holly Griesel as Etta Sherry (18551956) said, talking about the Old Stone

Jug in Stony Brook — now The Jazz Loft. Stony Brook was also celebrated with stories about Robert Cushman Murphy. He and his wife Grace Barstow Murphy are buried in Rhode Island, but Robert Murphy was here as a visiting spirit along with lifelong Stony Brook resident Etta Sherry, who is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Stony Brook. “Suffolk County, right here where you are, was the very first county in the entire world to have DDT banned in 1956, and Grace and I spearheaded that effort with some other people,” Art Billadello, playing Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973), said. Setauket’s Kate Wheeler Strong (18791977), historian, teacher and storyteller, who is buried in the Smith-Strong cemetery on Strong’s Neck, wrote articles on Long Island local history for the Long Island Forum from 1938 until 1976. She also put her articles into a series of booklets she called “True Tales.” “My love of history came from my father who knew every story about the family and the local people living here,” Donna Smith as Kate Wheeler Strong said. “He’s the one who inspired me to write about ‘True Tales.’” Participants, especially those who took the early tours before dark, were treated to a view of the restored Caroline Church Carriage Shed adjacent to the church parking lot. Built in 1887, it is a unique example of a seven-bay carriage shed that was an important feature in the community during the era of the horse and buggy. This year’s Spirits Tour was also special for the beautiful weather and starry skies that made for a pleasant, fun and informative event for everyone who participated.

Beverly Tyler is Three Village Historical Society historian and author of books available from the society at 93 North Country Road, Setauket. For more information, call 631-751-3730 or visit www.tvhs.org. See more tour photos on page B19.

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Cleanup to be held in Stony Brook The Greening of 25A Committee is seeking volunteers for their annual fall cleanup at the Stony Brook train station, which will take place Saturday, Oct. 28 from 8 to 11 a.m. The event will be held rain or shine. Volunteers will be asked to trim bushes, pick up trash, rake leaves, sweep salt, sand and dirt, weed, spread mulch and plant flowers. In the recent past, the cleanup event has brought out a great cross section of the local community from retirees to civic and community volunteers to Stony Brook University students. Bagles and coffee will be provided for the volunteers by Bagel Express. For more information, call county Legislator Kara Hahn’s (D-Setauket) office at 631-854-1650 or email kara.hahn@suffolkcountyny.gov.

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A police dog dressed up for the Barkfest Halloween pet costume parade last year.

Local events for Halloween

The Town of Brookhaven and Suffolk County Legislature are hosting Halloween-themed festivities this weekend.

Barnyard Scare

Come in costume and join locals at the Longwood Estate barn to take pictures at a ghostly photo station, make Halloween crafts and bring child-sized clothes to create a scarecrow Oct. 28. The event, held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., is sponsored by the Brookhaven Town Department of Parks, Recreation and Sports and Cultural Resources. Children from 2 to 8 years old can attend the Halloween event. The cost is $10 per child. To register for the Barnyard Scare, at Longwood and Smith roads in Ridge, call 631924-1820. Acceptable payments include check, money order and credit card. No cash payments will be accepted. All cancellations, except by the town, are subject to a 15 percent administrative handling fee.

Barkfest

Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) invites community members to Barkfest 2017. Take part in Long Island’s largest pet costume contest and parade Oct. 29 at noon for the Suffolk County SPCA, Save-A-Pet and TBR News Media-sponsored event. Admission is free and there will be prizes given out to the best-dressed pets. The parade will begin at 3131 Nesconset Hwy. in Setauket. For more information call 631-471-8000.

Trunk or Treat

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Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station), in partnership with Kids’ Clubhouse and Cornerstone Bible Church, is hosting a Trunk or Treat event, open and free to the public Oct. 31. Participants are invited to wear their costumes and trick-or-treat trunk to trunk for a fun, safe Halloween. The event will also include games and music. Peanut-free and nonfood treats will be available. The event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Cornerstone Bible Church located at 324 Jayne Blvd., Port Jefferson Station. For more information, call 631-473-3339.

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Stu Fisher, left, running in a Brooklyn half marathon, will participate in his first new york City Marathon nov. 5 along with his daughter Stefanie, top right.

East Setauket resident to run NYC Marathon at 66 By Rita J. Egan rita@tbrnewspapers.com One runner in this year’s TCS New York City Marathon hopes meeting his running goal will help raise awareness about the plight of those who suffer from rare diseases. After beginning to run nearly two years ago, Stu Fisher, 66, will compete in the marathon for the first time Nov. 5 after completing nine races this past year. The East Setauket resident will be a part of the Running for Rare Diseases marathon team, which runs in support of the National Organization for Rare Disorders. The nonprofit is a patient advocacy organization dedicated to individuals with rare diseases and the groups that serve them. In the marathon, Fisher will be running for Shaylee Boger, who was assigned to him by NORD. Fisher also will be running in honor of his nieces Arielle Candace Fisher, who died of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, which is also known as spinal muscular atrophy type 1, where children will sit but never walk, before she was 1 year old; and Navarin Aeon Viloria, who was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome, an increasingly recognized disorder with sudden, repeated attacks of severe nausea, vomiting and physical exhaustion that occur with no apparent cause. An operation engineer for Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Brooklyn, Fisher said he began thinking about running 15 years ago when he cheered on his oldest daughter Donna in the Philadelphia Marathon. At the start of 2016, Fisher said he made the decision to start running, and his youngest daughter Stefanie, who will also participate in the marathon, encouraged him by taking him to West Meadow Beach, where they ran along Trustees Road. “She helped me run a little bit, and rest, because I was winded after 15, 20 seconds,” Fisher said of his youngest daughter. “She kept moving me progressively farther distances until after a couple of weeks, I was able to not have to stop anymore.” Recently, he has been working 80-hour weeks, but said he makes training a priority — something his wife Vivian Viloria Fisher, a former county legislator, has been supportive of.

Stu Fisher said he joined an online coaching program, Jeff Galloway Training, to improve. He runs short runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, a long run on the weekend and takes a break from training the other days. “Your body needs time to repair, especially when you’re older,” he said. Fisher said his online coach Chris Twiggs, chief training officer with Jeff Galloway Training, has instructed him to take structured walks of 30 seconds between running. He can now complete 20 miles 15 minutes faster than if he ran continuously. Twiggs said Fisher, who has been training for the marathon since January, was wise by starting early, and has been building up his speed. “His body is ready because of the work he has already put in,” Twiggs said. Fisher, who is a member of the Long Island and New York City Road Runners clubs, said his last run was 25 miles. To train, sometimes after working a full day, he’ll run through the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Williamsburg area, then over the Brooklyn Bridge uptown on the west or east side all the way to Central Park. He’s now lost more than 25 pounds running, and said he has advice for those who start the rigorous activity later in life. “Once you start [running] you’ll see pounds will start to melt off, and then you feel a little better — that helps you with your stamina and motivation for running,” he said. “It’s not a regressive cycle like other things; it’s a progressive cycle.” His daughter Stefanie, who has been running for a few years and competed in the Philadelphia Half Marathon and other races, said she does it more for fun than to win. She said her father always stays positive, which motivates and inspires her. “He’s set on being a runner for life now,” she said. Stu Fisher said he’s hoping to run the marathon — which is more than 26 miles — in 4 hours, 59.59 minutes. Stefanie said the two of them made a pact to run together the whole race. If one slows down, the other one will slow their pace, too. “I’m just excited that we’re going to cross the finish line together,” she said. Twiggs said he believes his runner has a good shot completing the race in five hours

due to the time he has put into training and being in good shape. “My goal for him, honestly, is just for him to get to the finish line and have a smile on his face and be proud of himself,” Twiggs said. “Maybe [he’ll] want to do another one.” Fisher is confident he will accomplish his goal for the nonprofit organization and those he’ll represent.

“It’s so unbelievably awesome,” he said of getting the opportunity to compete in the race. “This is a life experience. How many people could run a marathon with their daughter at my age?” Fisher has already raised more than $1,000 for the National Organization for Rare Disorders. For more information about the group, visit www.rarediseases.org.

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Jefferson’s Ferry Life Plan Community’s recent Monte Carlo Night Fundraising Gala was the most successful in its 14-year history. The gala, which benefits the Jefferson’s Ferry Foundation’s Resident Assistance Fund, made a net profit of close to $78,000 from ticket sales and raffles. The Resident Assistance Fund plays a critical role at Jefferson’s Ferry in South Setauket by covering the monthly fees of residents who have outlived their assets or experience an unanticipated financial need through no fault of their own. Monte Carlo Night, the foundation’s largest fundraising event, hosted a record 262 guests this year. Jamie and Maria Lavin were presented with Jefferson’s Ferry’s Humanitarian of the

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Year award. The Lavins, who own and operate the Hauppauge office of Home Instead Senior Care, are deeply committed and longtime sponsors of Day Haven’s Caregiver Day of Renewal, which is hosted each year by Jefferson’s Ferry. The Day of Renewal offers caretakers a program of relaxation, camaraderie and helpful information. Pictured here at the gala event are Robert Caulfield, president and CEO of Jefferson’s Ferry; Carol Fenter, chair, Jefferson’s Ferry Foundation; Valerie Cartright, Jefferson’s Ferry trustee and Brookhaven Town councilwoman; Kara Hahn, Suffolk County legislator; Jamie and Maria Lavin, recipients of the Jefferson’s Ferry Humanitarian of the Year award; and Kaylin Peterson, director of philanthropy, Jefferson’s Ferry Foundation.

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The Three Village Kiwanis Club was proud to present $2,500 to the Stony Brook Children’s Hospital pediatric trauma unit. The monies were raised during the club’s very successful 2017 fundraising campaign for children’s charities.

On Oct. 13, Stony Brook University President Dr. Samuel L. Stanley Jr. and Dr. Kenneth Kaushansky, senior vice president for health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine, announced that Ernest Baptiste, chief executive officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, will join Stony Brook Medicine as CEO of Stony Brook University Hospital Nov. 27. Baptiste fills the post that results from the bifurcation of the position of hospital CEO and vice president for health systems at Stony Brook, currently held by Dr. Reuven Pasternak. Baptiste will become CEO, while Pasternak will remain vice president for health systems and continue to shepherd the increasing number of health care interactions underway. “Stony Brook Medicine has a long history and legacy of achievement,” Baptiste said. “I am very excited about joining the team of dedicated physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers who are committed to excellence, high quality and compassionate care for Suffolk County communities and beyond. While there are many challenges ahead for all hospitals and health systems in a posthealth care reform environment, I believe Stony Brook Medicine is well positioned as a world-class academic medical center.” With more than 25 years of hospital administration, Stanley and Kaushansky said Baptiste’s career has been punctuated by progressive leadership experiences in executive level management and hospital operations. “Mr. Baptiste has worked successfully

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with physicians, administrators and department heads to improve departmental operations, achieve organizational goals and ensure the delivery of high quality, safe, efficient and cost-effective care,” Stanley said. Kaushansky echoed Stanley’s sentiments. “He is a successful recruiter of outstanding talent, and motivates all with whom he works to operate at or under budget and above standards,” Kaushansky said. Baptiste received his bachelors of science in health care administration from St. John’s University, his master’s in public administration in health care administration from LIU Post, and his master’s of science in health financial management from New York University.

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Scott Sanders, immediate past president of the Three Village Kiwanis Club and Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center Foundation board member, recently presented a check to Elisa Rouff, development coordinator for Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. For information on how to join Kiwanis, please call Sanders at 631-360-0004.

Whirled peace In honor of the International Pinwheels for Peace Day, Minnesauke Elementary School students and staff in the Three Village Central School District recently created a visual display of “whirled” peace on the front lawn of the building.

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Art teacher Christine Sacco and studentvolunteers added messages of hope and peace to hundreds of pinwheels from last year’s Flag Day celebration. They used the pinwheels to make a peace sign, a heart shape and to line the sidewalks along the main entrance to Minnesauke Elementary School.

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Port Jeff resident helps villagers communicate with the dead By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com Along East Main Street in Port Jefferson, tucked between a plumbing company and a parking lot, sits a tiny, two-story shop where Lisa McGarrity communicates with the deceased. A new age store stocked with spell and magic books, a variety of incense and herbs, and a private space for tarot card readings, Envision Crystal has provided a spiritual avenue for residents from Port Jeff Village and beyond since 1987 as both a place for healing and closure, as well as exploration of macabre curiosities. McGarrity, a psychic medium who first discovered her necromantical gift as a child when she witnessed spirits roaming around her house, is the shop’s third owner and said there’s a reason why there’s no shortage of customers coming to her for advice on how to handle and interact with members of the afterlife. “Port Jefferson is so filled with spirits,” said McGarrity, who recalled several encounters with former, deceased village residents over the years. “I feel that wonderful energy of sea captains, people who grew up and worked here, musicians, merchants. There are a lot of psychics in the village because the energy here is conducive. I think spirits want to be here because it’s home. They want to visit and hang out.” In fact, the medium said, as the occupant of a historic home in town, she “has had friendly conversations” and sometimes shares her morning coffee with the gentleman who built her house long ago. While she used to be able to see these spectral visitors crystal clear as a child, McGarrity said now it’s more of an impression, a feeling, a sense. She described the sightings as being “a little sharper and clearer than a mind-wandering daydream.” Coming from a family of psychics and intuition-driven people, McGarrity, who studied psychology at Stony Brook University, said she’s never found this field all that unusual, but, growing up, thought it best to keep her interests in it hidden from people. “When I was young, I learned to separate it and talk about regular world things with people and leave that other world alone,” she explained. “Things have changed now and we live in a world that’s much more open now. I was born with this

‘I think spirits want to be [in Port Jeff] because it’s home. They want to visit and hang out.’

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Lisa Mcgarrity, above, is the owner of envision Crystal, and works as a medium in Port Jefferson village. Below, candles offered to customers by the medium along with other items ideal for supernatural encounters. curiosity and a desire to explore. I mean, I think what I do is super normal and something anyone can do if they want to pay attention to it. Some folks can sing. I’ve cultivated, developed and expanded what was a natural gift.”

St. James resident Andrea Giordano, a longtime customer of McGarrity’s shop, who developed a strong bond with the medium during a reading session, spoke highly of her friend’s gift. “What she does is get people connected,” Giordano said. “It’s not about money here. It’s about spirit, love, compassion and open mindedness. It’s universal humanity at its best. If you have faith in anything beyond this world, she helps reinforce that faith. If you don’t have faith when you walk in here, you leave here with faith.” McGarrity said, especially around this time of year, people often come into the shop on a mission to encounter ghosts in and around the area. For the budding paranormal investigators, the medium offers tips and advice — she stresses the importance of exploring in groups and with an experienced guide, equipping one’s self with protective stones and sage, which work to cleanse negative energy and drive away darker entities, and, most importantly, displaying respectful decorum. “The same rules with any human in-

teraction applies when interacting with spirits,” she said. “Start out nice, introduce yourself. That works well. Don’t go to a haunted location and shout out derogatory and inflammatory things.” Only a few minutes away, on Barnum Avenue, is the site of McGarrity’s occasional spiritual seminars: an 1890s-built, gothic-style home full of “incredible, wonderful energy,” according to its owner, L.L. Cartin. During one particular seminar, a few Halloweens ago, McGarrity said she led a group of spiritually-minded participants with electronic voice phenomenon equipment through the house. The EVP, which picks up sounds caused by ghosts, went off when they stepped into the basement. “I remember in that particular moment, I was a little scared to sleep here,” laughed Cartin, who identified herself as a spiritual person who met McGarrity as a customer. “She’s a very gentle soul, she’s not pushy, and she definitely has a gift. She’s one to be admired and her delivery is very gentle so you can receive her information the right way. I love Lisa and I think she’s an asset to the community.”

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Hundreds walk, run to raise funds for cancer research

The streets of Stony Brook were filled with more than 300 runners and an estimated 460 walkers participating in the Walk for Beauty and Hercules on the Harbor 10K Run Oct. 22. Cancer survivors along with family members and friends collect donations to support their walk or run, which takes them through the scenic and historic Stony Brook.

In the Hercules on the Harbor run, Scott Bickard, Thomas Holowka and Stefan Judex were the top male finishers, and Melissa Frade, Amy Notaro and Amanda Wolfer were the first women over the finish line. All proceeds go directly to a targeted research fund at Stony Brook Medicine for breast cancer research and the WMHO Unique Boutique for wigs.

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Clockwise from above, Keren Collins presents her Ward Melville girls tennis team with the Suffolk County championship plaque; Collins battles in the final match of the contest; Julia Hu serves the ball; and denise lai volleys with her Half Hollow Hills East competitor.

Keren Collins calls the shots, propels Patriots to title By Bill landon The Patriots had been in this position before, but this time, all eyes were on senior Keren Collins. The Ward Melville girls tennis team’s chance at redeeming last season’s finals loss to Commack for the Suffolk County team title came down to the third singles match, and Collins came from behind 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 to claim the crown for the No. 1 Patriots with a 4-3 edging of No. 2 Half Hollow Hills East Oct. 23.

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“At first, the pressure was nonexistent, but when I found out [I was in the last match] and up by three or four games, I said to myself, ‘I’m going to use that advantage and get this, right here,’” Collins said. “Last year we made it to the finals and lost to Commack, but this year we were determined to make it happen and I wasn’t going to let the chance slip away.” While Collins was competing on the William Floyd court, third doubles pair Ellie Berger and Sam Sloan were playing alongside her. The Patriots duo dropped the second set 1-6 after winning a commanding first 6-1, and eked out a 6-4 win in the third over Lauren Kornfeld and Emily Metaxas. After the win and even with the mounting pressure, Collins kept her pace and her power stroke strong as she wore down her opponent. “I was able to hit down the middle and I kept going to every possible corner that I could,” she said. “But [Melissa Chen] was extremely athletic — she was able to get to almost everything, she was like a ball machine, so I had to tire her out as much as possible.” Ward Melville head coach Erick Sussin said his three-time All-County player was a game-changer. “Keren was able to change the dynamic of the game. What she lacks in mobility on the court she makes up with power,” he said. “With power — putting the slice in every so often — she mixed it up so that pace went from really fast to really slow, and that caught her opponent off guard.” Earlier in the match, Anna Ma won her fourth singles match 6-3, 6-1 and Denise Lai did her part in first singles, 6-0, 6-2. But the two-time All-State player admitted she was nervous about whether her team could pull out a victory. “I had some doubts,” Lai said. “Last year was kind of sad, we lost big time, but I’m so happy that we finally won.”

Sussin said that changing wind conditions presented a problem, especially during Collins’ match, but said she seemed to take the gusts of wind in stride. “It was a factor early on, especially in that second set, and she used the wind when she needed to — when the wind was at her back her slice was dropping in,” Sussin said. “And when the wind was at her face she was able to hit through it with all her pace.” Julia Hu, a three-time All-County player, said she did not doubt Collins in the nailbiting contest, even through standing still in silence with her teammates. “I knew she could pull it out — she has that amazing mental strength,” Hu said. “She’s been playing tennis for so long and she knows she has to get the job done, and won’t let her emotions interfere with what she has to do.” Ward Melville turned its attention to winning the Long Island title. The undefeated, 18-0 Patriots played Port Washington at Half Hollow Hills West Oct. 25, but results were not available by press time.

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Something strange in a Smithtown watering hole Bar owner, its patrons recall multiple paranormal occurrences at Katie’s on West Main Street By Kevin Redding kevin@tbrnewspapers.com If there’s something strange in your neighborhood bar, chances are you’re at Katie’s on West Main Street in Smithtown — where ghostly happenings are just as normal as ordering a drink. The two-floor pub and live music venue, which sits on the grounds of the old Trainor Hotel that burned down in 1909, has long been a hotbed for spooky sightings and experiences according to its staff and patrons. The bar’s high level of spectral activity has even been featured on episodes of popular paranormal shows like Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures,” A&E’s “Paranormal State” and the Biography Channel’s “My Ghost Story.” Dominique Maciejka, a former bartender at the establishment, said she had her fair share of brushes with the bar’s spirited regulars. “I was by myself closing up, the music was off, nobody else was around, and a beer bottle cap went flying from one side of the bar to the other, like, sideways across the room,” Maciejka said, recalling one such freaky occurrence at the end of a night shift in fall 2011. “I was the only person around so there was no explanation, nothing that could’ve triggered that … other than something supernatural,” she said. “On the way home, I called my mom and asked her to stay on the phone with me.” She was also working when a soda gun behind the bar seemingly flung out of its holster on its own and dropped to the floor, an incident captured on the bar’s security cameras. Gary Bates, from Smithtown, said he once saw what he described as “a big, gray, seven-foot tall” figure walk from one end of the bar counter to the other. Another time, Bates said he was walking in the empty bar and felt the sensation of stepping into a large spider web even though there was no physical one in sight, and was then suddenly poked in the arm.

“There’s definitely something weird going on there,” Bates said of the Smithtown nightspot. Over the years, folks who frequent Katie’s have reported a wide range of eerie activity: distorted faces taking shape in the bar’s mirrors, hearing voices in empty rooms, feeling like they were being watched by unseen presences, seeing transparent children in the background of selfies and group pictures and having whatever may be haunting the place follow them home. None of these reported occurrences come as a surprise to Katie’s owner. “The whole place is active,” Brian Karppinen, 53, who has owned the bar since 2000, said. He pointed out that while the bar’s lively upstairs tends to be occupied by mischievous and relatively harmless ghosts, the basement billiards area is where he thinks more sinister ones roam. “Down there is a darker feeling, a heaviness — not as fun. You feel, spiritually, like something is not nice down there.” Karppinen recalled a night in which a tough biker went downstairs to confront one of the malevolent spirits, stood in what was considered the basement’s most active spot by the pool table and was violently punched in the stomach by an invisible force. “If he faked it, it would be amazing, but that seemed real,” Karppinen said, making clear he takes a lot of people’s reports with a grain of salt. “He hobbled out of here and I’ve never seen him again.” While there are a number of theories from various paranormal and psychic groups that have explored the bar hoping to identify the ghosts, Karppinen said little concrete evidence has emerged from such explorations. Some say the ghosts are past Smithtown residents who may have died in the Trainor Hotel fire, while others are convinced the more evil spirits could be Jinns, a Middle Eastern poltergeist that has purportedly existed before any religion. However, one of the more mischievous ghosts that has become a sort of celebrity at Katie’s is widely thought to be Charlie Klein, a Prohibition-era bootlegger and part owner

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Clockwise from above, the stairway leading to the basement of Katie’s bar in Smithtown, which patrons; and owner Brian Karppinen believe might be haunted; especially at the corner, where many patrons believe is the habitat of the bar’s more sinister spirits. of the Smithtown Hotel in the 1920s, which is now Croxley’s Ale House. According to members of the Smithtown Historical Society, Klein shot himself in his house in 1933 after serving a prison sentence. Klein’s house, Karppinen said, is directly across the street from the bar. Brad Harris, the historical society’s president, said even though he’s never personally experienced any of the bar’s hauntings, he doesn’t think they’re made up. “I don’t think it’s a figment of anybody’s imagination as there does seem to be strange occurrences happening there,” Harris said. “We have always had problems trying to explain why Charlie Klein’s ghost would be disturbing the bar, as he didn’t kill himself there, but it’s a strange world.” Even stranger, Karppinen said, was when members of the Pennsylvania State University “Paranormal State” group were investigating the basement and one of them pointed to the end of the bar and said, “that’s where your ghost died — right there.” “I said, ‘no he didn’t, he died across the street, he killed himself,’” Karppinen recalled. “And he said, ‘no … I used to be a DJ here in the early ’80s and there was an old timer who used to drink and would fall asleep at the bar. We would wake him up, get him a cab, and we would send him home every night. One night, he didn’t wake up and he died at the bar.’” Karppinen said weird and unexplainable occurrences have surrounded him all his life and “it really seemed like I was called here.” It was when the Lake Grove resident was driving to his girlfriend’s house one day, he said, that something told him to go visit his friend, Rich, who owned a struggling bar called Wolfgang’s Pub. Sure enough, his instincts were right and Rich was in rough shape, depressed that his business was losing money and claiming the place was “cursed.” He asked Karppinen to be his partner and help out. Rich retired from the bar business soon after and Karppinen renamed the place after his grandmother, Katie Dunagan. Naturally, for Karppinen, it didn’t take long before things got phantasmic. Once, while jostling with a rotted door at the top of a steep stairwell in the bar, Karppinen lost his balance and felt himself tee-

tering backward when, he said, “I felt two things grab my shoulder blades and upright me. I was like, ‘wow, whoever that is, thank you.’ I got the vibe it might have been my dad or a passed away family member. It was not a spooky vibe at all.” “I think it’s some kind of a package deal that maybe this place was active and they wanted me here,” Karppinen said, laughing. “[I think] the darker thing attracted me and likes that I never really thrive. There’s times when I’m behind in bills and I’m like ‘I’m selling the place’ and then something comes through and suddenly we have money for bills again. It almost seems like they love the torture, but don’t want me to leave.” Unless you own a corporate bar, Karppinen said, the bar business is a dying industry, but the ghosts have significantly helped bring traffic to Katie’s. “People love to talk about it, people know us all over, it has definitely helped,” Karppinen said. “That and our live music. Sometimes people are jerks and they’ll come in drunk from another place, like, ‘I wanna see the ghost!’ and, spiritually, I have no idea what’s going on here … so I try not to let that happen. I don’t want to torture these [dead] people more.” Asked what he would say to any skeptics out there, Karppinen said, “I would tell them I’m not here to debate you. I don’t believe a lot of the [stuff] people say happened here, but some of it is very hard to explain.”

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SATURDAY 10/28 2:00-4:00PM SMITHTOWN 1 Judges Ln. Historic District. Fully Updated, 2 Fpl, CAC, SD #1. MLS# 2973018. $549,000. DANIEL GALE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 631.689.6980

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OpiniOn Letters to the editor

Editorial

Photos from Mark Jackett

Scenes from Unity Fest at Bethel Hobbs farm in Centereach

A thank you for building bridges File photo

Suffolk County’s elected officials and police officers should take a cue from Northport Village’s new contract.

Inspiring negotiations All taxpayers should be urging their Suffolk County elected officials and police officers to take a closer look at what’s happening in the Village of Northport. Officials announced this week they reopened their contract with the village’s police officers to negotiate a new 10-year contract. These changes will save the village at least $3.2 million, if not more. The Northport Police Benevolent Association admitted the previously agreed upon 5 to 9 percent annual pay increases set for the upcoming years were off base given the current economy, according to Chief Bill Ricca. The officers agreed to take a greatly reduced 2.75 percent raise each year for the next decade, with a series of $25,000 bonuses per officer for the next three years. This new contract offers long-term stability for both the officers and the village’s finances. Nearly every single candidate running for a county office this political season has pointed to upcoming negotiations of a new contract for Suffolk County Police Department officers between the PBA and the county executive as an important landmark for the future of the county’s finances. The current contract ends in 2018, and the rates set for officers’ pay may be critical in determining the solvency of Suffolk’s finances. The county is already in dire straights; and the police department accounts for a large portion of the annual budget. Suffolk faces at least a $160 million budgetary shortfall this year, according to the latest figures, with a total debt of more than $1.4 billion as reported to the media at the end of 2016. Standard & Poor’s Global ratings downgraded the county’s bond rating from A to A- in June, the second such hit in less than two years. Taxpayers need the county to start living within its means. Taxes are already high enough. It would be unfair not to recognize that Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) announced last month that crime is down 26 percent since he took office in 2012. Our public safety is no doubt increased with more officers on the streets, but does it need to come at such a high cost? It might be possible to reduce the county’s costs by giving more overtime to younger officers who are at a lower hourly salary — just to start. We strongly encourage both our elected officials and the Suffolk PBA to take a closer look at the contract drawn up in Northport for possible ideas and inspiration as they prepare to step up to the negotiation table. Northport officials bragged about their last police contract, drawn up in 2011, which gave 0 percent salary raises for three years and increased the number of years to reach top pay from six to 12 served, and their boasting might have some merit. The current Suffolk police contract, signed in 2012, borrowed the idea of keeping salaries level for several years and increased the time period to reach top pay from five years to 12. It would be nice if both Suffolk officials and police did some research, looked at their colleagues’ agreement and once again found it a source of inspiration to act in the best interest of all.

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On behalf of the members of Building Bridges in Brookhaven, we would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in our inaugural Unity Fest at the Bethel Hobbs Community Farm in Centereach, which is owned by the Bethel AME Church of Setauket. Bethel Hobbs farm is a volunteer-run, nonprofit farm that donates 95 percent of its produce to food pantries. We are so grateful for the many local nonprofit organizations that came to the festival and shared their stories about what

they do to make Brookhaven Town a better place for us all. We also appreciate the participation of the Herstory Writers Workshop, Stelios Stylianou from Studio E Art and the entertainment provided by the following musicians, all of whom donated their time: Deborah C. Smith, Claudia Jacobs, the Bethel AME Children’s Choir, Wayne Hart and Dirty Boots and Soundswell. Finally, thank you to Don Audio for the incredible sound production services. The day was a beautiful success, and we hope that it’s even bigger and better next year.

To find out more about Bethel Hobbs farm, including how you can volunteer as an individual or with a group, please visit their website at www.hobbsfarm.info/. To keep up to date with Building Bridges in Brookhaven, please visit our Facebook page, and keep an eye out for our January Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

Mark Jackett for Building Bridges in Brookhaven committee co-chairs Larry Corbett & Melanie Kiester

Reasons to vote yes for ConCon There are reasons to vote for a New York State Constitutional Convention, also called ConCon. 1. Greater safety. If the normal legislative process makes bad laws, you have no recourse since your district is gerrymandered so your vote does not count. But you will be allowed to ratify or defeat ConCon’s proposals. ConCon has a built-in safety backstop which normal government lacks. 2. Ability to address problems normal government never solves. New York “democracy” has never solved these problems,

but ConCon might facilitate the following: • Gerrymandering • Outrageous virtually unlimited campaign finance loopholes • The legislature having ceded virtually all power to the “three men in a room,” which in 2008 were Republican Joe Bruno and Democrat Sheldon Silver, both convicted, and former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned. • Legislators collecting pensions while still in office • Unfair rules preventing third parties from ever winning

a seat and making it hard to get on ballot (especially if third party) — even while for over a third of races, only a single candidate runs • New York has three separate primary election dates plus a general election day, insanely inefficient. 3. ConCon might have a chance to work better than ever before, because for the first time in history, the internet will be available.

Warren Smith Stony Brook

Searching for aggressive, loose dogs In February, our beloved llamas were killed in a violent attack by two German shepherd dogs in our backyard on Main Street. Several months later, we thanked the community for their overwhelming response to this event. At that time we believed the dogs had left the area. Apparently not. Over the summer we learned of sightings of “aggressive dogs” that appeared at homes on Christian Avenue and in Old Field South. Neighbors have also seen two shepherds

running down Lake Street, and a man on a bicycle reported being chased by a dog that tried to take him down. Just two weeks ago, one of the cygnets born in the Frank Melville Park was discovered badly injured in the Gelinas school field. A wildlife veterinarian said the swan had been savaged by “an animal with a large jaw” and euthanized it. Within a week, a doe was found dead in the same area. We will never know if these two dogs are the ones that killed

our llamas. What is certain is that there are two dogs allowed to roam freely in our neighborhood; two dogs proven to be very aggressive. More than one reader must know who these dogs belong to and where they live. For the safety of the pets and people in our community, these animals must be identified. Anyone with information, can call us at 631-751-4676. Your response will be kept confidential.

Kerri and Tim Glynn Setauket

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OpiniOn Wouldn’t-it-be-nice costume ideas for Halloween

alloween has always seemed like an opportunity to explore the creatively terrifying parts of our imagination. We put up ghosts, goblins, skeletons and spiderwebs around our houses; we dress our children as Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster and zombies; and we jump out from behind bushes, yelling “Boo” or “Happy Halloween.” Maybe, instead of indulging the frightening side By Daniel Dunaief of life that seems present almost daily, we should take this opportunity to develop wouldn’t-it-be-nice costumes. For starters, we could dress our kids, or ourselves if we’re in jobs that allow us to come to work in costume, as giant, dirty hands. When asked to explain ourselves, we could suggest that we’re helping hands, willing to

D. None of the above

get our hands dirty to help those in need anywhere. This includes Puerto Rico, where people are still without power and are seeking to meet basic needs such as food and water. It also could include a co-worker dealing with an illness or death in the family, or an injured neighbor who can’t get his recycling to the curb. While we’re at it, we could dress as a door with a giant lever people could pull to knock. What are we? We could be opportunity. Every day presents an opportunity to become what we wish, whether that’s someone who can and will lose weight, or someone who sets an incredible example for our children and for other people’s children, or someone who no longer stays silent when he or she sees any type of injustice, whether that’s discrimination, harassment or bullying. Maybe, we could send our kids out as giant ears. They could become the great listeners. We have so many aspiring great speakers who share every thought in their head, whether that’s online, in a tweet or on a TV show,

scoffing, pontificating and secondguessing everyone and everything. What does a great listener do, besides absorbing the deluge of thoughts coming his or her way? That person imagines the ideas and motivation behind those words, considers the hurt or vulnerability that those ideas might convey, and thinks of ways to change negative thoughts and behavioral patterns into something positive and inspiring. Extending the auditory idea, we could also send our kids out in togas with a bucket of fake ears. Why the togas? They could be Romans. Why the ears? Just ask Shakespeare, whose Mark Antony exhorts a crowd in Act III, scene ii of “Julius Caesar” with the opening line, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” We could encourage children to listen and read one of the greatest and most often cited speeches from Shakespeare, helping them learn about the power of rhetoric and the passion of ideas. The older children might even suggest that they are a walking exam-

ple of praeteritio, the literary technique Antony uses when he suggests he’s not going to discuss that which he shares in great detail, namely, the recently deceased Caesar’s contributions to Rome and its citizens. For those who need something with a shriek component, we could create a costume in which someone dresses up in everyday clothing. An individual could hold a small cage or a tight box containing whatever horrifying image that person imagines in connection with a disease. He or she could suggest that the disease is contained and that this illness, which is locked in a box, is being taken for a walk. As a result, a horrifying disease is minimized and contained. Finally, we could cover our kids in the kind of headlines we’d like to see, including “Peace breaks out all over the world,” “Children cure cancer,” “Bullying takes a day off,” “Endangered species recover from the brink of extinction” and “Leaders agree to work together.” What would we call such a costume? Fake news.

My enduring love affair is celebrated this week

t some point along my ancestral chain, I must have been Italian. Or Chinese. How do I know? I have an unbelievable passion for pasta. That’s not a carbohydrate lust. While I have never met a carb I don’t like, I can take or leave rice or bread and the many other forms in which carbohydrates can be found. But my soul soars for pasta. It was World Pasta Day Oct. 25, and that got me to thinking about my affair with By Leah S. Dunaief love pasta. I suppose it started in my early childhood, as almost everything does. SpaghettiOs came in a can, and my mother occasionally served it to us as part of a meal. However, the story is not that straightforward. She felt the sauce was a bit sharp, and so she

Between you and me

sprinkled the spaghetti with a little sugar. Now this is enough to make any self-respecting Italian restaurateur gag. Many did, as I would ask, “Can I have some sugar please?” of my waiter as I was served a bowl of steaming pasta. “Sugar? You mean Parmesan cheese?” he would ask. “No sugar, thank you, granulated sugar,” I would patiently explain. Then he would watch in fascination as I topped off my dish accordingly. It wasn’t until I visited Italy for the first time that I understood the miracle of pasta. The secret is in the sauce, which decidedly is not improved with the addition of sugar. Somehow the pasta itself tastes different there too, the same way water does depending on where it comes from. I remember that first trip very well, as I fell in love with the beauty of the country, the kindness of the people, the richness of its art. But what I remember best is the pasta, which I will tell you that I came to eat there three times a day. And it never tasted the same way twice because all chefs proudly make their own secret sauces. The high point occurred in

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Amalfi, in a small restaurant on the side of a mountain overlooking the sea. We were with a tour but unscheduled for lunch, and we wandered around the town looking for a likely eatery. They are all charming, you know, but one in particular attracted us and we went in to find that the luncheon special consisted of six different kinds of pasta. Six! I thought I had died and gone to heaven. The chef, who spoke no English and needed none, came out to explain that we should start with the mildest pasta on the huge plate, then work our way around much as an artist does with his paint palette, to the one with the strongest flavored sauce. The six pastas were each different and the experience was, as you can tell, exquisitely memorable. Although some think pasta was invented in Italy, others believe Marco Polo brought it back from his travels to China, where he supposedly tasted it at the court of Kublai Khan. There is record of the Chinese eating noodles as early as 5000 B.C. and, in fact, the Etruscans from western Italy seem to

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have made pasta in 400 B.C. There are bas-relief carvings in a cave 30 miles north of Rome depicting instruments for making pasta: a rolling-out table, pastry wheel and flour bin, according to the National Pasta Association. Anyway in the 13th century, the pope set quality standards for pasta. Thomas Jefferson fell in love with a macaroni dish he tasted in Naples while serving as ambassador to France and promptly ordered crates of the pasta, along with the pasta-making machine, sent back to the United States. Indeed, he may have been the one to introduce macaroni to this country. Cortez brought tomatoes back from Mexico in 1519, but it took two centuries before the marriage with pasta was consummated. There have been many imitation pastas, meaning not made from wheat, that have come along, but only one makes the grade with me, and I give it a shameless plug here for those who can’t or won’t eat the real thing. Manufactured by Tolerant, it is made of beans and called Organic Red Lentil Pasta. Buon appetito!

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