The Times of Middle Country - December 10, 2015

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BrewsterBrookhaven celebrates another year

older for the historic Brewster House.PAGE A3

Photos by Bob SavagePort Je� erson was crawling with costumed characters and Christmas spirit on Satur-

day and Sunday for the 20th annual Charles Dickens Festival. Clockwise from top le� : Kids meet Santa Claus; skaters crowd the ice rink; a horse-drawn carriage trots down East Main Street; Sweet Melody Music Studio performs; and costumed kids sing carols.

BY GISELLE BARKLEY

What really did happen last night?

That’s what audiences will figure out in writer and director Candice Cain’s film “What Happened Last Night,” an independent film that puts a spin on and takes a comedic approach to break-ups, new f lames, friends and college life. The film retraces the steps of a group of college students after a fraternity

party and opens with main characters Sarah and Danny, played by Alix Kermes and Clayton Snyder.

Brookhaven resident Cain brought her cast and crew to Long Island on Nov. 28 and started filming a bar scene at the Long Island Pour House in Port Jefferson Station. Al-though the film focuses on college students, actress Re-becca Boughton said there’s something for everyone,

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Setauket native raises funds to gift her girlsBy Phil Corso

It isn’t typical for a 9-year-old to reject the joy of crafting a christmas list from scratch, but that’s exactly what 22-year-old Setauket native Hailey del Giorno encountered.

del Giorno, a ward Melville High School graduate, recently launched a campaign to raise money to buy holiday gifts for chil-dren she works with at Little Flower chil-dren and Family Services of new York in wading river. She works in Mary’s cottage with girls between ages 9 and 16, providing foster boarding home care, residential treat-ment care and adolescent development. and while she said she knew raising funds would be a challenge, she did not expect the toys list to be equally as difficult.

“They seemed hesitant at first,” del Giorno, who is now studying psychol-ogy at St. Joseph’s college, said about the young girls’ reluctance to share their holiday wishes. “They didn’t seem to want to get their hopes up.”

del Giorno landed the wading river job over the summer to satisfy her desire to help others in need and has since been working closely with the young girls, many of whom come from abusive or ne-glectful homes, every weekend over shifts that could run as long as 12 hours. Since June, she has been working on developing relationships with these girls, but it was not easy, she said.

The group did not openly trust del

Giorno at first, she said, often miscon-struing her caring demeanor as intrusive or fake. but she made it a point to squash those misconceptions by working longer and longer shifts on a week-by-week basis.

“These girls have tendencies to be de-fensive, untrusting and resistive to au-thority figures because of what they have been through,” she said. “when I started getting to know the girls, I wanted to show them that I had a true interest in learning who they were as people.”

and with each passing week, and each blossoming relationship, del Giorno said she saw the upcoming holiday season as an opportunity to give back and show the girls that she’s on their side.

Her co-workers and even family mem-bers jumped into action. The goal was to raise $5,000 for the girls so del Giorno and her team could buy them holiday presents and take them out to dinner on christmas somewhere in the community. She launched an online crowd-funding page via Gofundme.com and has since raise close to $2,000 of that goal, with more than two weeks left, and has spent weeks polling her girls with hopes of as-sembling a holiday items wish list.

“Hailey I’m so proud of you,” support-er belinda Groneman wrote on the page. “You have a big heart”

Maria adams also chimed in.“God bless you for caring,” she said

alongside her donation.

and even when she did get an answer, they were still selfless ones. Several of the girls del Giorno approached used their hol-iday gift wishes as opportunities to request items for siblings or loved ones instead, in-cluding anything from barbie dolls to paint brushes and portable casio keyboards.

In the end, del Giorno said she hopes to make a lasting impression on the girls and remind them that family does not

have to be just along their bloodlines.“In my family, we always practiced

the concept of giving back to the less fortunate,” she said. “after [my family] learned to care about these girls the way I did, we felt we needed to give these girls an extra special christmas … They are all unique and special in their own ways and shine so positively when they are passionate and excited.”

Photo from Hailey Del Giornohailey Del Giorno, left, is out for a meal with three of the girls she works with at little Flower Children and Family services of New york in Wading river.

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Town honors Three Village house rooted in historyBy Giselle Barkley

The american revolution may be a thing of the past but it’s made a mark on long island’s present.

after three-and-a-half centuries the historic Brewster House in east se-tauket is still standing thanks to The Ward Melville Heritage Organization.

On Monday afternoon, Brookhav-en Town supervisor ed romaine (r), Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson station), county leg-islator kara Hahn (D-setauket) and WMHO officials celebrated the house’s 350th anniversary.

During the celebration a check for $10,258 was presented by romaine and Cartright to WMHO to cover the removal of perennial pepperweed from West Meadow Beach, funded by the town and the state Department of Conservation.

WMHO President Gloria roc-chio said nine generations of Brews-ters lived in the house after the town sold the house to Nathaniel Brewster on Oct. 24, 1665. she added that the house may be older than 350 years as it was already built when the town sold the property.

WMHO acquired the property in 1948 after John Ward Melville pur-chased the house from Jennie smith and robert elderkin — they were the last members of the Brewster fam-ily to own the home. additions were made to the house before Melville purchased the property, transforming it from a one-room cottage to its cur-rent multiple-room structure. Nine-teen years after purchasing the house, Melville began restoring the dilapi-dated building.

The Brewster House was a tavern and general store during the american revolution. Members of the Brewster family resided in the upstairs portion of the home. at the time, Joseph Brew-ster entertained British troops at the home. Joseph Brewster’s cousin Caleb supposedly frequented the house often during the revolution. He was a mem-ber of George Washington’s Culper spy ring alongside the roe brothers, who resided in Port Jefferson, then called Drowned Meadow.

in light of the house’s long history, Cartright read the original 1665 deed

that transferred the property from the town to Nathaniel Brewster. Both ro-maine and Cartright said the house is the oldest building in Brookhaven. its age and its history made the house worth preserving.

“you don’t want to take these his-torical homes and modernize them, you want to keep the historical culture,” Cartright said. “Ward Melville Heritage Organization understands the impor-tance of keeping the historical signifi-cance of these homes so that’s why we’re happy to work with them.”

Melville established WMHO on Dec.

29, 1939. it was initially known as the stony Brook Community Fund. While Melville established the organization with the goal of rehabilitating stony Brook village and merging history with the area’s natural beauty, the organiza-tion has since expanded on his vision, including the preservation of historic sites like the Brewster House.

“We have to understand that we’re part of a continuum of history,” said romaine. “To do that we’ve got to look back as well as look forward, because by looking back we get a clear vision of how to look forward.”

Photo from Jack KriegerLegislator Kara Hahn, Councilwoman Valerie Cartright, WMHO Chairman Richard Rugen, Supervisor Ed Romaine, Town Clerk Donna Lent and WMHO Trustee Mary Van Tuyl. Front row from left to right: WMHO President Gloria Rocchio, Town Historian Barbara Russell, WMHO trustees Anna Kerekes and Charles Napoli.


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People Of The Year • BROOKHAVEN EditiON

Photos from WMHS

above, kyra durko participates in her high school’s antibullying

campaign event in May. right, durko promotes the revitalized annual

Walk for Beauty event with help from her classmates.

By Phil corSo

She has Three Village roots,

but her reach has spanned

across the entire North Shore.

And she hasn’t even graduated

high school yet.Kyra Durko, a Ward Mel-

ville senior and member of

the dominant girls fencing

team, has become an up-

and-coming community star,

spearheading one of the area’s

largest annual events while

still excelling in her studies

and extracurricular activities.

Her impact on our society at

such a young age is among the

reasons she is selected as one

of the Village Times Herald’s

People of the Year.Durko, 17, used her role as

president of the high school’s

Key Club to completely revi-

talize the community’s an-

nual Walk for Beauty event.

She led what other organizers

called an unprecedented level

of involvement from students

at her school as well as those

from neighboring districts.

Durko helped recruit sev-

eral high school music groups

to perform alongside other

Long Island bands at the

event and teamed up with

groups like the Ward Melville

National Art Honor Society

to paint signs and beautify

the path of the walk, which is

sponsored by The Ward Mel-

ville Heritage Organization.

“We wanted to get the high

school more involved than ever

before,” Durko said in an in-

terview earlier this year. “A lot

of people are getting excited

about it now.”Durko helped add new fea-

tures to the event, including

a special Color Splash walk,

on which participants are

dusted with a rainbow of col-

ored powders as they make

their way to the finish line.

She also launched a subgroup,

the Walk for Beauty Ambas-

sadors, to push the event’s

ambitions even further, creat-

ing a network of students from

local high schools, including

Port Jefferson, Smithtown,

Shoreham-Wading River, Half

Hollow Hills, Walt Whitman,

Harborfields, Centereach,

Comsewogue and more.“Kyra was a true breath of

fresh air for all of us,” said

Gloria Rocchio, president of

WMHO. “She came onto our

committee and worked so hard

to pull together so many dif-

ferent parts of the community.

She’s an extraordinary young

lady and she will go very far.”

Rocchio met Durko after

Suffolk County Legislator

Kara Hahn (D-Setauket), a

member of the WMHO com-

mittee, sought out the girl

while paying a visit to Ward

Melville High School, looking

to bring her in on planning the

Walk for Beauty.Hahn first met Durko

through her role with the Key

Club and said she saw an im-

mediate opportunity. The two

worked together on new ideas

for the annual walk, and Hahn

said she saw Durko’s ambition

and creativity right away.“We put the Key Club in

charge of some things, and she

was just extraordinary,” Hahn

Young student makes strong impression on North Shore community

DURKO continued on page A22

‘She went above

and beyond to

spearhead so many

things related to this.

Her organizational

skills are phenomenal.

The list goes on and on.

The things she

has taken on to help

with this event are

really amazing.’

— LegisLator Kara HaHn

By Victoria Espinoza

Early stage businesses on the North Shore should set their sights high.

A state program that offers tax breaks, technical aid and more is now more acces-sible to startup businesses thanks to Long Island High Technology Incubator in Stony Brook and LaunchPad Huntington.

The Innovation Hot Spot Support Pro-gram is a smaller version of the New York State-wide program Start-Up New York, which aims to empower more up-and-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 in-clude a 10-year commitment strictly at an incubator location, and hiring a certain amount of employees.

Hot Spot was created to support com-panies that are in the early stages of de-velopment for the purpose of creating successful businesses in state. In order for a company to get approved for this pro-gram, they need to be recommended by a certified Start-Up New York member.

The benefits of being in the Hot Spot program include technical assistance, mentorship, entrepreneurial education, development services and tax breaks. Phil Rugile, director of LaunchPad Hun-tington, 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 des-ignated approval site for the Hot Spot pro-gram and can now nominate companies to be considered for it, as long as they are tenants of one of LaunchPad’s five loca-tions, 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 Incu-bator 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 Incu-bator is a non-profit business that sup-ports 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 recommending them for programs like Hot Spot.

Ann-Marie Scheidt, director of eco-nomic development at Long Island High Tech and an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University, said in a phone inter-view that the council wants to make sure all places they support “represent a inno-vative 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 ex-pert 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-pany that shields customers from telemar-keters and robot callers.

Aaron Foss, founder of Nomorobo, said that LaunchPad wanted any company they nominated to be able to contribute to the community. Ross is also a professor at Molloy College and works with students from Molloy, Stony Brook and Hofstra University to develop their business ideas.

Foss said the financial benefits of the program are fantastic.

“I have about a $50,000 monthly phone bill, with added costs for sales tax,” Foss said in a phone interview. “That’s thou-sands of dollars I can use elsewhere, to hire employees or spend on advertising.”

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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 chang-ing the system in which a patient’s di-agnosis 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 classifica-tion system by the World Health Orga-nization, 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 ben-eficial 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 the codes as a “vast exten-sion” to what the hospital was previ-ously using and said it should “improve the quality of medical records and in-crease 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 impor-tant first step, but ongoing feedback on how the codes are being adopted is equally important. A feedback pro-gram has been created at each hospital.

John Ruth, director of revenue integ-rity and interim chief compliance offi-cer 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 spe-cific organ systems, muscles, muscle tendons and nerves than were required with ICD-9,” he said in a phone inter-view.

Ruth also said that ICD-9 was most-ly 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 Uni-versity 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 Hos-pital in Port Jefferson, Chief Medi-cal Information Officer Dr. Joseph Ng said the staff went through web train-ing, too. One-on-one training was also available if a clinician requested it.

Ng agreed specificity is both the pro and con of ICD-10. “Because it’s so spe-cific, 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

File photosFrom left to right: a view of the front entrance to Huntington Hospital on park avenue in Huntington; a patient receives treatment inside a hospital.

New system helps North Shore hospitals diagnoseare not all inclusive.”

Looking forward, Grosso said the new system had a lot to offer for hos-pitals across the country because of the amount of information people could

potentially learn from it.“A number of private and govern-

ment parties will benefit from the abil-ity to look at more detailed hospital data,” Grosso said.

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man from Port Jefferson for robbery and criminal mischief, after police said he threw someone to the ground and stole their wal-let near the Pax Christi Hospitality Center on Oakland Avenue in Port Jefferson. The man also threw a piece of asphalt at the building and broke one of its windows. Po-lice arrested the man on Linden Place.

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A 54-year-old man from Centereach was arrested on Dec. 5 for driving while ability impaired in a 1992 Buick on Rustic Road in Centereach. Police pulled the man over around 12:42 a.m. because the car’s taillights weren’t working. They discovered he was intoxicated and arrested him.

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tereach was arrested for leaving the scene of a car crash. The man was driving a Jeep Wrangler east on Old Town Road in East Setauket when he crashed into a 2006 Acu-ra around 8:05 p.m. Police arrested the man minutes later at his residence on Gnarled Hollow Road. Police said the man failed to stop, causing the crash, but it was unclear if that was at a stop sign or at a traffic light.

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and a chain saw from a residence on Farmingdale Road in Sound Beach be-tween Dec. 4 at noon and Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. The items were located in a storage shed near the house.

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Rocky Point on Dec. 6 around 9:55 p.m. According to police, the man entered a BP gas station in August armed with a small handgun and demanded money from the cash register. Police finally arrested the man on Dogwood Road in Rocky Point.

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By Giselle Barkley

Richard Panico is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy.

So it took some convincing when Friends of Karen wanted to honor Panico, a Miller Place resident, for his charitable nature during its third annual Long Island Gala on Friday, Dec. 4, at the Stonebridge Country Club in Smithtown. The organi-zation’s regional director, Nancy Mariano, approached Panico earlier this year, ask-ing to spotlight him at the event. Initially, he wasn’t thrilled with the idea.

“I read this somewhere [that] if more than one person knows you did a good deed, it’s no longer a good deed,” Panico said. “So … to me it’s just not necessary to have that kind of ego.”

Panico got involved with Friends of Karen three years ago when he pur-chased the building out of which the organization operates on Perry Street in Port Jefferson. Currently, Panico’s company Symbio, which provides clini-cal trial management services for phar-maceutical companies, and Friends of Karen share the building. He turned his efforts toward helping the organization, which aims to offer emotional and finan-cial support to families of children with life-threatening illnesses, but his efforts

didn’t start with Friends of Karen.In 2003, one year after Panico’s com-

pany was established, he kickstarted its annual bike-a-thon at Heritage Park in Mount Sinai to help raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It held

the fundraiser for seven years and raised more than $50,000.

“It was good for the company,” said Su-san Swamback, an employee of Symbio. “It was good for all of us to feel like a team. … He loves that.”

Swamback also helped with the annual bike-a-thon, but the fundraising stopped after the company didn’t raise as much money as it had hoped, despite its efforts.

Over the past few years, Panico has donated skin creams to families that fre-quent hospitals and helped one child and his family attend a New York Mets base-ball game. Panico’s nephew Tom McGuire added that his uncle also tries to help his family and friends.

During the gala, Mariano said Panico “is the kindest most generous father, hus-band and friend to all.” Mariano added that the organization was proud to ac-knowledge Panico at the event.

While the gala was a means to high-light people like Panico, it also helps Friends of Karen raise awareness and money to further its mission. In the or-ganization’s 37 years, it’s helped around 5,500 sick children and their families. Panico said the organization works hard to achieve its goal and even continued his own effort to help the organization dur-ing his honoree speech.

“If you are able to donate — if you’re able to buy raffle tickets, if you’re able to [participate] in the silent auctions, that would be fantastic,” Panico said during the gala. “If you can’t … tell your friends, spread the word.”4

Local charity honors a helpful neighbor Friends of Karen organization recognizes Richard Panico at its third annual Long Island Gala fundraiser

Photo by Giselle Barkley richard Panico, of Miller Place, speaks as the Friends of karen’s honoree at the organiza-tion’s long island gala.

By Giselle Barkley

Rocky Point may soon have one less eyesore in its downtown business district.

After four years, Councilwoman Jane Bonner (C-Rocky Point) said the town finalized its purchase of Rocky Point’s Oxygen Bar property. The Town of Brookhaven acquired the land for $525,000 — a sum $275,000 less than the property owner’s asking price.

On May 9, 2011, the town shut down the business after four people were involved in a non-fatal shooting on the premises. The bar’s Place of Assembly permit, which al-lows people to gather and conduct activi-ties at the location, also expired.

For several years, the owner of the Oxygen Bar property rented the estab-lishment to various operators and pro-moters. Cafe Brianna was one of many businesses that used the establishment before the Oxygen Bar, but that even-tually closed due to limited parking. When the bar came into town, initially the CVS across the street allowed cars from the neighboring business to park in its parking lot, but that agreement changed after the shooting.

As the area strayed from a family-friendly location, the town hoped pur-chasing the property would help revital-

ize the area — something Bonner started working on before she got into office.

According to Bonner, the bar’s poor business plan contributed to its failure in the business district.

“It’s one thing to always have a dream,” Bonner said. “It’s another thing to meet and discuss your business plan.”

The bar owners held wet T-shirt contests, gentlemen’s nights and other events to attract residents to the prem-ises, but their attempts were unsuccess-ful. Since the bar closed in 2011, the property has remained vacant.

Now, the town may demolish the build-ing before spring. The plan is to landscape

and beautify the property after tearing down the building. The project would add to the property’s infrastructure improve-ments, which the town finished last year.

“This is wonderful for Rocky Point,” Bonner said. “[The bar’s] always been a blight and an eyesore, even when it was operating.”

Town purchases blighted Oxygen Bar in Rocky Point

Photo by Giselle Barkley The blighted Oxygen Bar property in rocky Point could soon be demolished.


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Pulaski Road Elementary School fifth-grade students in the Northport-East Northport school district took to the stage to perform Disney’s “The Jun-gle Book Kid.”

The young thespians were dressed in vibrant costumes and dazzled audiences with their talent and star power, under the direction of teach-ers Monica DeJong, Jennifer

Desmond and Cristen Salis-bury. The production featured music written by the Sherman brothers from the acclaimed animated feature, which hit theaters in 1967.

The Jungle Book comes to life at Northport school

SCCC X-Country coach recognized

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Asso-ciation announced season-end award winners in cross country representing National Junior College Athletic Association Division III and named Suffolk County Community College women's cross country coach Matt French as the Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year.

French adds the honor to a host of accolades, including: Women’s Region XV Coach of the Year; Men’s Region XV

Coach of the Year; Women’s USTFCCCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year; Women’s USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year; and Women’s NJCAA DIII National Coach of the Year.

French, in his second year with Suffolk's program, led the Sharks to the national title with 64 points, 23 points ahead of runner-up Harper. Suffolk County, headed by freshman Ryleigh Donegan’s fifth-place finish, won its second national title and first since 2007.

Alice P. StewartAlice P. Stewart, 82, of Lake

Grove, died on Nov. 10. She was the beloved wife of

John; devoted mother of John (Debbie), Michael (Patty) and Deborah (Bill) Sexton; loving sister of the late James and Dan-iel Brown and Joseph Brown; and cherished grandmother of

Sean, Sarah, Emily, Anthony, Nicholas, William and Zhenna.

Arrangements were made by Moloney’s Lake Funeral Home in Lake Ronkonkoma. Inter-ment was at Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton.

An online guest book is available at www.moloneyfh.com.

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Photos courtesy of Northport-East Northport Schools Pulaski Road Elementary School fifth-grade students became one with nature during their pro-duction of ‘The Jungle Book Kid.’


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after 15 years, families can still pay a visit to Postman Pete at the Miller Place-Mount sinai Historical society.

residents lined up with their kids to de-liver letters to santa on sunday at the old Miller Place Post Office. after dropping off their letters, children could get cookies and hot apple cider inside the William Miller House and participate in a raffle to win various prizes.

local high school students took the lead on caroling in light of the holidays. Vice President of the historical society, ann Do-nato, said more than 300 children registered for sunday’s event.

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Photos by Giselle BarkleyLeft, writer/director Candice Cain, center, and the cast and crew of ‘What Happened Last Night’ film a scene at the Long Island Pour House in Port Jefferson Station. Right, wrestler Dave Otunga waits to film his scene.

whether in high school, college or adulthood.“It’s just very relatable because it’s a story about re-

lationships,” Boughton said. “It’s about coming of age and figuring out who you are and what you want to do with your life.”

Boughton plays Laila, a pretentious advisor for the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. While Boughton is a member of the sorority in real life, that’s not the only thing that attracted her to the film. She and the cast agree that Cain’s script has natural dialogue, making the inter-action between characters realistic.

“You know she comes from a theater background,” actor Jake Thomas said. “It’s a very long script, but it does flow very quickly because the dialogue just jumps from one thing to another.”

Like many of the cast, Thomas is no stranger to the stage. As a kid, he played alongside Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire’s little brother Matt on the 2001 Disney television series of the same name. Thomas is making an appearance in Cain’s film as Dave, the main character’s ex-boyfriend. Snyder, who played Ethan Craft on the same Disney Channel show, rec-ommended the production to Thomas.

Cain wrote the story in three days, when she was a 19-year-old George Washington University student. The idea came about after she woke up at a friend’s place after attending a party the night before. Cain was sick during the party and took Nyquil before at-tending, and her friend allowed her to stay overnight after alcohol spilled on Cain and soaked her clothing. She woke up to the smell of bacon but couldn’t imme-diately remember where she was.

“I started thinking to myself, ‘What if there was someone in bed with me and I woke up? How would I have reacted?’” Cain recalled.

The writer and director performed her story at her university’s theater, acting as Sarah. Two decades later, this past April, Cain found the script in her basement.

“Everyone who’s been in a relationship knows that breakups suck,” Kermes said. “They’re hard especially in college when you start thinking about your future.”

Big name stars like Amber Rose and WWE wrestler David Otunga, who’s engaged to singer Jennifer Hud-son, will also appear in the film, which hits theaters next year. Otunga heard about the film through his agent and took on the role of Tiny, a large bartend-er who comes to the rescue of Sarah’s friend Mindy, played by Diana Durango.

“I’m really happy to be able to support independent films,” Otunga said. “I feel like these are so much fun because it’s truly about the art. It’s not super-huge budgets and everything, but we make it work and make such an awesome looking project and it’s really cool to be a part of that.”

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By Rich AcRitelli

It was 74 years ago that the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, spur-ring the nation’s entry into World War II. At the helm of the American military on that deadly day was Gen. George C. Marshall, and it was up to this outspoken man to take a mili-tary of 175,000 — which was ranked 17th out of all the in-dustrialized powers — and turn the troops into a tremendous force of 10.4 million to defeat Germany and Japan.

From the moment he entered the Army in 1902, Marshall ex-celled at every task assigned to him. Unlike many of the West Point officers he commanded during World War II, he gradu-ated from the Virginia Military Institute. His peers thought Marshall’s quiet and firm man-ner suited him for vital posi-tions of military responsibility, and he held several different jobs in the Army, served in the Philippines and graduated first

from the Army staff college in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

During the United States’ earliest moments in France in World War I, Marshall had a famous encounter with Amer-ican Expeditionary Forces Commander Gen. John J. Per-shing. When, upon finding the Army was not prepared for the burden of warfare on the Western Front, Pershing criti-cized his officers for not doing enough training, Marshall told Pershing that he did not under-stand the problems his soldiers faced daily and they were doing the best that could be expected of them. At first, Marshall be-lieved he’d be sent home in dis-grace; instead Pershing respect-ed his honesty and clarity and eventually made him a main planner of American war op-erations against the Germans.

Years later, in the late 1930s, Marshall showed his leader-ship again when he sat in on a meeting with then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt and in-fluential members of both his

cabinet and the military. When Roosevelt outlined a plan of adding planes to the Army Air Forces but virtu-ally no other resources to the Army, all of the leaders re-mained quiet or supported the president. Marshall, on the other hand, angered Roo-sevelt by vehemently disagree-ing with him. But a year later, Marshall, who was a junior to many other officers, was pro-moted to Army chief of staff.

Knowing war was a young man’s game, Marshall reas-signed, fired or retired older officers who he knew were not able to fight a modern war. One of his most impor-tant choices was making one lieutenant colonel, Dwight D. Eisenhower, into an important member of his staff. While he never directly served with this officer, he was constantly in-formed that Eisenhower was one of the most well-rounded leaders in the military. He saw Eisenhower as a capable of-ficer only interested in com-pleting his duty. Marshall also elevated Gen. Omar N. Brad-ley to command the ground forces in Europe from D-Day to Germany’s surrender in 1945. It was Marshall’s man-ner not to dwell on the per-

sonal characteristics of his key leaders. This was the case with the erratic but brilliant combat fighter Gen. George S. Patton. Marshall stood by Patton throughout some of his troubles due to the strong belief that Patton would con-tinually earn battlefield victo-ries against the enemy.

From the time he became Army chief of staff, Marshall was determined to prepare his nation for the rigors of war. He drafted, trained, equipped and oversaw the total war efforts of the United States to defeat fas-cism, conducting all of those

efforts in a professional man-ner, not seeking any credit for his massive contributions in the defense of his country. Marshall should be credited, however, with establishing a new army, command structure and strat-egy to conduct military opera-tions against Germany and Ja-pan. In a short period of time, he helped the United States attain a victory in an important war.

Rich Acritelli is a social stud-ies teacher at Rocky Point High School and an adjunct professor of American history at Suffolk County Community College.

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‘We must have the very best leadership we can possibly give these men and we’ve stopped at nothing to produce that leadership.’

— Gen. GeorGe C. Marshall, World War II arMy ChIef of staff

Marshall built up Army

Photo in the public domainGen. George c. Marshall

Santa visits Heritage Park

Photos by Giselle Barkley Residents gathered around heritage Park’s christmas tree on Sunday Dec. 6 for the park’s eight annual tree lighting event. heri-tage trust President lori Baldassare said they incorporated the tree into the park’s design for this event. Scenes from heritage Park’s tree lighting event. clockwise from left: heritage Park’s christmas tree is lit in preparation for christmas; Mr. and Mrs. Klaus pose for a photo; a little girl takes a cupcake; and Santa and Mrs. claus pose for a photo with the Mount Sinai Fire Depart-ment, lori Baldassare, center and heritage trust board member tom carbone.


Centereach Cougars return core starters

File photos by Bill Landon Above, junior Cassidy Treanor shoots the ball in a game last season. Right, senior Lauren Meigel reaches for possession of the ball.

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By BiLL LAndon

The 2015-16 season holds promise for the Centereach girls’ basketball team as most of last year’s starters return to vie for a play-off appearance in League III action with a distinct advantage — having lost just one senior to graduation from last year’s squad.

Unlike last year’s team, which went 4-11, the Cougars lineup features six seniors, three juniors and three sophomores, with 10 returning players.

Head coach James Steigele Jr. said there is no one player who has emerged as a domi-nant leader this year, but that isn’t necessar-ily a bad thing.

“With so many returning players, they have all stepped up into a leadership role, especially at their position,” he said, add-ing that he’ll still rely on seasoned senior co-captains Lauren Meigel, Nicole Fel-lone, Katrina Gangji, Erica Medina and Alyssa Sokolowski.

To make the postseason, the coach told his team that the keys to success are com-munication, offensive ball control and holding their opponents to as few points as possible.

“Communication might sound vague, but it touches on multiple facets of suc-cess,” Steigele said. “We’ll have to move the ball offensively and play a tough, hard-nose defense.”

The Cougars opened their season beating League I challenger Patchogue-Medford, 48-41, in the coaches for cancer game, and then fell to Elwood-John Glenn and Mount Sinai — all nonleague challengers.

The head coach said he feels positive just three games into the season.

“We were leading Glenn 19-3 after the first quarter,” he said. “They’re very compet-itive, well-coached and they are a consistent postseason team.”

After the final game of last season, the lone departing senior, Alicia Indence, who plays women’s basketball at Mount Saint Mary’s College, predicted good things for

this years’ team.“With the talent this team has, I

know they’ll do very well next season,” Indence said.

Centereach will open regular season play on December 15 on the road against Smith-town East with tipoff slated for 4 p.m. Ac-cording to the coach, Riverhead will be one of the team’s toughest opponents this year. He said he believes that the Blue Waves’ starting five is one of the best in the county.

“You can’t take any team lightly in this league, “ Steigele said. “We need to get past every team in order to clinch a play-off berth.”

At the Dec. 3 Town Board meeting, Councilman Kevin LaValle honored the Suffolk County Community Col-lege women’s cross country team for winning the 2015 National Junior Col-lege Athletic Association Division III

National Championship. “A national championship is a great

achievement, and we are all very proud of these young women for what they have accomplished,” LaValle said. “Congratu-lations to the entire team and Coach

French on their successful season.”Councilman LaValle also honored

Matt French, the head coach, for being named Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

French, who is in his second year with Suffolk’s program, led the Sharks to the national title with 64 points, 23 ahead of the nearest runner-up. This was SCCC’s second national title and first since 2007.

Councilman LaValle honors SCCC cross country team

Photo from the Town of Brookhaven The Suffolk County Community College women’s cross country team was honored after claiming the school’s second national title this past season.


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NovenasPRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN WONDERFUL PRAYER FOR LOST OR SICK PETS.(Never Known To Fail)Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, blessed mother of the Son of God, immaculate virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh star of the sea, help me & show me here in, you are my mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity There are none who can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.(3 times). Oh Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can obtain my goals. You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me, and that in all instances of my life, you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecutive days. The request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor has been granted. S.L.T.

Pets/Pet Services

ADOPT A CAT or kitten at Golden Paw Society!! Tons of friendly lap cats of all ages, sizes and colors. Adoption centers throughout Huntington & Commack. www.goldenpawsociety.org [email protected]

TENDER LOVING PET CARE, LLC.

Pet Sitting Services. When you need to leave town, why disrupt your pet’s routine. Let your pets enjoy the com- forts of home while receiving TLC from a PSI Certified professional Pet Sitter. Experi- enced, reliable. Ins/Bonded,

631-675-1938 tenderlovingpetcarellc.com

Schools/Instruction/

TutoringPIANO - GUITAR - BASS

All levels and styles. Many local references.

Recommended by area schools. Tony Mann 631-473-3443

2 FULL SIZE SLEDS, $30. Great for decorations. 631-929-83342 LUXURY OUTDOOR LOUNGE CHAIRS, black and dark tan, $50. 631-751-3869B &W SOLID 6 indoor/outdoor speakers w/stands, $50. 631-751-2030SOFT TOP for 8 ft pick-up truck bed, $50. 631-751-7578

BLACK & DECKER Electric Hedge Trimmer, Model TRI700, 17”, no cord, $15. 631-928-5392CARGO BAG: LL Bean, w/compartments, x-large, 30”x15”x15”, like new. $35. 631-474-5199CHRISTMAS TREE; 6.5 ft. Pre-lit Colorado Pine in the box. $45. 631-744-3722. Leave message.COCKTAIL TABLE Oval, solid brass with smoked glass top. Excellent condition. 58” x 27”. $50. 631-928-9145Full length leather coat. Men’s size L-XL trench coat style with zip-out liner. Excellent condition $50 firm. (631) 462-2260LITTLE GIRL’S BIKE16”. Purple and pink, polka dot seat. Excellent like new condition, training wheels, $20. 631-751-2902.NUWAVE PRO PLUS Infrared Oven with all components. Brand new, never used. Still in box. $50. Call 631-275-4465.PRUNING SCISSORSCraftsman Bypass pruner. Life- time warranty, in original case, $11. 631-473-0963.

STACK OF ANSEL ADAMS calendars going back over 10 yrs. Little Brown Publishing. Free. 631-751-2030

VINTAGE LIGHT FIXTUREMetal, circular 20”w, 22”h, 10” chain, 6 lights with shades, $45. 631-751-8052

WROUGHT IRON rectangular basket for firewood, old, $20. 631-751-3869

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F/T reservation agent for a fast-paced

call center. Nights, weekends & holidays

a must. Great communication skills.

Computer literate.No calls accepted.

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Direct Care Workers for our Wading River Location – P/T and Per Diem to work with our OPWDD Adult population in a residential setting. High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License

Cottage Supervisor –F/T for our Youth Residential Program in Wading River. BA and Supervisory Exp.

Child Care Worker -F/T, P/T and Per Diem; High School Diploma and NYS Driver’s License

RN’S –Per diem for our In� rmary working with our youth 9–21 years.

Accountant: F/T - Req: BA in Accounting

Behavior Specialist: for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home, Req: BA in Social Work, Psychology or Sociology

Caseworker: for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home, Req: MSW

House Manager: F/T for our Adult OPWDD residents in Wading River. BA and Supervisory Exp req.

Telephone Receptionist: P/T; Mon-Wed 9 am - 5 pm Experience Req.

Valid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.

Faculty Student Association at Stony Brook University seeks p/t Cashier to work at the Jasmine Food Court in the Wang Center. Evening shi� , Monday-Friday, 4 pm - 8:30 pm. Required: Experience as a cashier or handling money, excellent customer service skills, and good verbal communication. Apply in person (Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm), Stony Brook University, Union Building, Room 250, or fax resume or letter of application to Chris Oster, Human Resources Manager at 631-632-6573. Stony Brook University/SUNY is an equal opportunity a� rmative action employer. Females, minorities, disabled, veterans.

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The Faculty Student Association at Long Island State Veterans Home seeks an experienced p/t Laundry Aide to launder residents’ personal clothing. Required: Basic communication skills in English; good cus-tomer service and interpersonal skills; ability to stand for long periods of time and withstand extremes of heat and moisture; ability to work with standard laundry cleaning supplies; ability to work harmoniously with a diverse population. Must be available to work some weekends and holidays. Apply in person (Monday - Friday10:00 am to 2:00 pm), Dietary Department, Long Island State Veterans Home, 100 Patriots Ave., Stony Brook, or fax resume or letter of application to Chris Oster, Human Resources Manager at 631-632-6573. Stony Brook University/SUNY is an Equal Opportunity Employer, females, minorities, disabled, veterans. ©91669

Help WantedPUBLISHER’S EMPLOY- MENT NOTICE: All employment advertising in this newspaper is subject to section 296 of the human rights law which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, col- or, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sex, age or arrest conviction record or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Title 29, U.S. Code Chap 630, excludes the Federal Gov’t. from the age discrimination provisions. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for employment which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that employment offer- ings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

AIRLINE CAREERS Start here! Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Techni- cian. financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information, 866-296-7093CALL CENTER/ RESERVA- TION AGENT Port Jefferson Ferry seeks F/T agent for a fast- paced call center. Nights, weekends & holidays a must. Great communication skills. Computer literate. No calls accepted. Fax resume to 631-473-0920, or E- Mail customer-service@mcallistertowing.com EOECASHIER - PART TIME (Jasmine Cafe)Faculty Student Association at Stony Brook University seeks P/T Cashier to work at the Jas- mine Food Court in the Wang Center. Evening shift, Monday through Friday, 4pm-8:30pm. See display ad for full details.LAUNDRY AIDE Part-time for Long Island State Veterans Home. Some weekends and holidays. For more details see ad in Employment Directory. Fax resume to Chris Oster, HR Man- ager 631-632-6573

LITTLE FLOWER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OF NY SEEKS:

DIRECT CARE WORKERS P/T and Per Diem.HOUSE MANAGER - F/TCOTTAGE SUPERVISOR F/T for our Youth Residential Program CHILD CARE WORKER F/T, P/T and Per Diem.RN’s Per diem for our Infirmary ACCOUNTANT - F/T. BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST for Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home.CASEWORKER for Therapeu- tic Foster Boarding Home.TELEPHONERECEPTIONIST; P/TValid NYS Driver’s License required for most positions.† Send resume to: [email protected] or fax to 631-929-6203 EOESEE COMPLETE LISTING AND ALL DETAILS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT DISPLAY ADS.PERSON FOR HOUSEHOLD O R G A N I Z A T I O N . 631-689-9560 after 6 pm.

Help WantedMAKE HOLIDAY $$$ Billion Dollar Manufacturer ex- panding in the Long Island area seeking person with sales and/or marketing background. Please call 1-516-759-5926, Leave message for call back.

PRIVATE SCHOOL seeking P/T Teacher’s Assistant. Mon.- Fri., 9am-2pm. Email resume to info @laurelhillschool.org or call 631-751-1154

P/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTMonday-Friday, Flexible Hours.*Efficient w/Technology*CSR Experience*Dependable & [email protected]

RECEPTIONIST P/TBusy Islandia doctor’s office. Afternoon/evening/Saturday hrs. Excellent phone/computer skills. Knowledge of MS Office and must be able to multi-task. Fax resume 631-656-0634 or call 631-656-0472.

UCP SUFFOLK IS HIRING!Join Our Winning Team.Flexible Schedules, Locations throughout Suffolk County.Direct Support Professionals, Assistant Resident Manager, Confidential Secretary, Social Worker (LMSW), Registered Nurse, Custodian.See complete description and application details in the Employ- ment Display Section Ad.

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CleaningENJOY THE

PLEASURE OF COMINGHOME TO A CLEAN

HOUSE!Attention to detail is our priority. We promise you peace of mind.

Excellent References.Serving the Three Village Area.

Jacquie 347-840-0890 (cell)Joyce 631-871-9457

631-886-1665

Clean-UpsLET STEVE DO IT Clean-ups, yards, basements, whole house, painting, tree work, local moving and anything else. Totally overwhelmed? Call Steve @ 631-745-2598, leave message.

Computer Services/Products

THE PC DOCTOR...Providing Solutions To All Your Home Or Office Computing Needs Reasonable rates, dependable service, plenty of references. Call 631-821-2558. Email: [email protected]

DecksDECKS ONLY

BUILDERS & DESIGNERS of Outdoor Living by Northern Construction of LI, Inc. Decks, Patios/Hardscapes, Pergolas, Outdoor Kitchens & Lighting. Since 1995. Lic/Ins. 3rd Party Financing Available.

105 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-651-8478

www.DecksOnly.comSee our ad in the Home ServiceDirectory for complete details.

ElectriciansSOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL

CONTRACTINGPrompt * Reliable * Professional

Residential/CommercialFree Estimates

Ins/Lic#41579-MEOwner Operator 631-828-4675See our Display Ad in the Home

Services Directory

Furniture/RestorationRepairs

CHAIR CANING SINCE 1975; ALL TYPES.

ALSO Repairs & custom furniture.

VILLAGE CHAIRS 311 West Broadway

Port Jefferson. By appointment only

631-331-5791www.villagechairs.com

REFINISHING & RESTORATION

Antiques restored, repairing re- cane, reupholstery, touch-ups kitchen, front doors, 40yrs exp, SAVE$$$, free estimates. Vincent Alfano 631-286-1407

Furniture/RestorationRepairs

REFINISHING & REUPHOLSTERING

Dunwell Furniture Repair & Upholstering Workshop.

Repairs, Caning, Rebuild,Stripping, Refinishing.

427 Rt. 25A, Rocky Point631-744-7442

Gutters/LeadersGREG TRINKLE PAINTING& GUTTER CLEANINGPowerwashing, window washing, staining. Neat, reliable, 25 years experience. Free Estimates. Lic/Ins.#31398-H 631-331-0976

HandymanServices

JOHN’S A-1 HANDYMAN SERVICE Crown moldings, Wainscoting,raised panels. Kitchen/Bathroom Specialist. Painting windows, finished basements, ceramic tile. All types repairs. Dependable craftsmanship. Reasonable/rates. Lic/Ins.#19136-H. 631-744-0976 cell 631 697-3518

HousesittingServices

HOUSE SITTING, live-in winter, three village area-ish. Several references. Mike, 631-901-4943

HomeImprovement

*BluStar ConstructionThe North Shore’s Most Trusted

Renovation Experts. 631-751-0751

Suffolk Lic. #48714-H, Ins.See Our Display Ad

HomeImprovement

BME SERVICES, INC.Generator Specials

0% -18 months. High Hat Specials, Outdoor

Lighting/Service Calls. Res/Comm. [email protected]

Lic. #E-2187/Ins.

DREAM FLOORS*Dustless sanding & refinishing of wood floors. *Hardwood, Laminate and Vinyl installations and repairs. *Base and crown molding installation. Owner Operated. Call, 631-793-7128www.nydreamfloors.com

NPC CARPENTRY, INC. Kitchen/Bathroom Alterations

Additions/ExtensionsFine Interior Millwork

Nick [email protected]

516-658-8523Lic#39386 /Ins. BBB

MEDICAL BILLING/OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR

Email Resume to:[email protected]

Immediate Setauket AreaPart-Time Half to 1 Day Per WeekWednesday or � ursdayA� ernoonsMust Be Familiar With Medicare Claims Processing

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Flexible Schedules / Locations throughout Su� olk County

*Direct Support Professionals (F/T, P/T, Per Diem) Excellent bene� ts package with full-time and part-time positions

*Assistant Residence ManagerSupervisory experience working w/developmentally disabled population

Con� dential Secretary Full-time, Commack Location

Social Worker (LMSW)Registered Nurse

Part-Time/Per Diems*Custodian

Part-Time/Mon.-Fri. 2:30 pm-6:00 pm

H.S. Diploma/GED req’d. *Clean/Valid NYS Drivers License req’d.

Submit application from our website www.ucp-su� olk.org, or email resume hr@ucp-su� olk.org or fax (631) 232-0705

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PRS CARPENTRYNo job too small. Hanging a door, building a house, everything in-between. Formica kitchens/baths, roofing/siding/decks. POWER WASHING. Serving North Shore 40 years. Lic/Ins. 631-744-9741

THREE VILLAGE HOME IMPROVEMENTServing the community for over 30 years. See ad in Home Service Directory. Rich Beresford, 631-689-3169

InsuranceLIABILITY INSURANCE for contractors and professionals. Best rates available. Call NCA Insurance at 631-737-0700 ask for Martin

Lawn &LandscapingCLOVIS AXIOM, INC.

Expert Tree Removal,Pruning, Planting & Transplanting.

*Insect & Disease Management. *Personalized healthy edible gardens and chicken coops.

631-751-4880 [email protected]

GIULIANO TREE SERVICE AND LANDSCAPING

SNOW REMOVALCommercial/Residential

Bobcat service, Tree removal, clean-ups after storms,

Charles: 631-371-9913

Lawn &Landscaping

GOT BAMBOO??Bamboo containment and removal with guaranteed results! Land- scape Architecture/Arborist Ser- vices. Property restoration/landscape design & installation. Free Estimates. 631-316-4023Groundbreakers Development Group Inc., Commack NY

LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED SPRING CLEAN-UPS

Property Clean-ups, Tree Removal, Pruning, Landscape Construction, Maintenance, Thatching

& Aeration. Call now to reserve for snow removal.

Commercial/Residential Steven Long, Lic.36715-H/Ins.

631-675-6685**LEAVES **LEAVES

**LEAVES****Fall Leaf Cleanups**

Gutter Cleaning, Final Lawn Cut, Winter Fertilization. Free Estimates. Owner Operated, NYS Certified Technician. Lic/Ins. #55112-H. James, 631-624-0567LUX LANDSCAPINGOffering Fall Cleanup Specials throughout Suffolk County. Family owned and operated, On- Site Manager, new equipment. Call 631-283-2266 or email:[email protected]

SWAN COVE LANDSCAPING

Lawn Maintenance, Clean-ups, Shrub/Tree Pruning, Removals. Landscape Design/Installation, Ponds/Waterfalls, Stone Walls.

Firewood. Free estimates. Lic/Ins.

631-689-8089

Lawn &Landscaping

SETAUKET LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

Stone Driveways/Walkways, Walls/Stairs/Patios/Masonry,

Brickwork/Repairs &Land Clearing/Drainage,

Grading/Excavating.Plantings/Mulch

Steve Antos, 631-689-6082 www.setauketlandscape.com

Serving Three Villages

MasonryCarl Bongiorno

Landscape/Mason ContractorAll phases masonry work: stone

walls, patios, poolscapes. All phases of Landscaping Design.

Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial.

Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

Painting/Spackling/Wallpaper

ALL PRO PAINTINGInterior/exterior. Free estimates. Powerwashing, staining, wallpaper removal. Lic/Ins#19604HI. NICK 631-696-8150

BOB’S PAINTING SERVICE25 Years Experience

Interior/Exterior Painting *Spackling *Staining*Wallpaper Removal

*Powerwashing. Free estimatesLic/Ins. #17981 631-744-8859COUNTY-WIDE PAINTING

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR Painting/Staining.

Quality workmanship. Living/Serving 3 Village Area Over 25 Years. Lic#37153-H.

631-751-8280

Painting/Spackling/Wallpaper

LaROTONDA PAINTING & DESIGNInterior/exterior, sheetrock repairs, taping/spackling, wallpaper removal, Faux, decorative finishings. Free estimates. Lic.#53278-H/Ins. Ross LaRotonda 631-689-5998

WORTH PAINTING“PAINTING WITH PRIDE” Interiors/exteriors. Faux finishes, power-washing, wallpaper removal, sheetrock tape/spackling, carpentry/trimwork. Lead paint certified. References. Free estimates. Lic./Ins. SINCE 1989Ryan Southworth, 631-331-5556

Plumbing/Heating

DOUGLAS FERRIPLUMBING & HEATINGLic/Ins. All types of work, small repairs receive special attention. Free estimates, reasonable rates.631-265-8517

Snow RemovalSNOW PLOW & BLOW, SALT & SAND, PRETREAT. C o m m e r c i a l / R e s i d e n t i a l MWOSB Certificate. 36 Years Three Village area, Centerport, Northport, Greenlawn, Commack CS Maeder 631-988-9211 Text ur address for instant reply. Lic. 3150-HI /Ins.

Tree WorkABOVE ALL TREE

SERVICEWill Beat ALL

Competitors RatesQuality Work at Lowest Prices! Removal, Land Clearing & Large Tree Specialists. Pruning, Top- ping, Stump Grinding $10 & Up. Bucket Truck & Emergency Ser- vice. Accepting All Major Credit Cards. Free Estimates. Lic. 33122-H./Ins. Located Exit 62 LIE

631-928-4544

ARBOR-VISTA TREE CAREComplete Tree care service devoted to the care of trees. Main- tenance pruning, waterview work, sun-trimming, elevating, pool areas, storm thinning, large tree removal, stump grinding. Wood chips. Lic#18902HI. Free estimates. 631-246-5377

EASTWOOD TREE & LANDSCAPE, INC.

Experts in tree care and landscaping. Serving Suffolk County for 25 years. Lic.#35866H/Ins

631-928-4070 eastwoodtree.com

EXCELLENCE IN TREE CARE

Cornell Tree Experts, Inc. Specializing in Delicate and

Hazardous Removal & Pruning 631-474-8084

Cornelltree.comServing L.I. since 1995

KLB LAND SERVICESSpecializing in all phases of

Tree Work, Landscape Installation

& Masonry.Insured/ Lic# 52839-H

Michael O’Leary 631-901-2781

Tree WorkKOCH TREE SERVICES

Certified Arborists. National Ac- credited Tree Care Company.

Fertilization, Firewood, Pruning, Removals, Organic Spray Pro-

grams, Tick Control. CALL NOW! 631-473-4242

www.kochtreeservice.com Lic#25598-H Insured

NORTHEASTTREE EXPERTS, INC.Expert pruning, careful removals, stump grinding, tree/shrub fertilization. Disease/insect management. Certified arborists. Insured/Lic#24,512-HI. All work guaranteed. 631-751-7800www.northeasttree.com

SUNBURST TREE EXPERTS

Since 1974 our history of customer satisfaction is second to none. Pruning/removals/plant-

ing, plant health care. Certified Arborist on every job

guaranteed. Unsplit firewood For Sale

by the truckload. Bonded employees.

Lic/Ins. #8864HI 631-744-1577

WindowCleaning

SUNLITE WINDOW WASHING

Residential. Interior/Exterior. “Done the old fashioned way.”

Also powerwashing/gutters. Reasonable rates.

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RETAINING WALLS • MOWING • DEBRIS CLEAN UP TRIMMING • MULCHING

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SIGNED CONTRACTS

FALLCLEAN-UPS10% OFF

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Eastwood Tree & Landscaping, Inc.

Serving Su� olk County for 25 YearsSpecializing in:

EastwoodTree.com631.928.4070

Ornamental Pruning Storm Damage Prevention Deadwood Removal Crown � inning Organic Tree/Shrub Spraying/Fertilizing Natural Stone Walls & Walkways Waterfall/Garden Designs Sod Installations

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EDITORIAL Protect mute swansTO ThE EDITOR:

We are appalled by Gov. 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 majori-ties in both state chambers.

Make no mistake about it: the DEC management plan for mute swans is lethal. The estimated 2,200 mute swans in New York State will be reduced to a mere 800.

We commented extensively to the DEC, to the governor’s office and to Audubon New York for the last two years, itemizing 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.

One of the glaring problems in the DEC management plan is that all adult mute swans must be under municipal or private management, yet the plan fails to provide jurisdic-tion 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? After all, these swans are not contained in parks and lakes.

As for the others? Groups or private individuals will have to come forward and apply to DEC to man-age them. how will the public react, however, when they realize that re-quires wing-clipping? The only adult mute swans we get to view will be

maimed, through surgical removal of at least one of their wings. Imagine observing a maimed swan attempt-ing to fly 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 be no more young swans in any location. What a lost opportunity to provide this easily observable window into the natural world.

By vetoing the moratorium bills, Gov. Cuomo ignored his learned legislators, including state Sen. Ken LaValle and Assemblyman Steve

Englebright, chair of the assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation, both of whom voted in favor of a moratorium. Instead, Gov. Cuomo bowed to the pressure of a few upstate individuals with an agenda of removing mute swans to make room for northern species of trumpeter and tundra swans, both of which are non-nesters in NYS. These two species are considered trophy birds when hunted, and we predict they will soon be on the DEC’s sea-sonal list of hunted waterfowl.

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Photo by Elaine Maas A swan rests alongside Setauket Mill Pond earlier this year.

Code for successTO ThE EDITOR:

Last weekend the weather was perfect and the sun really shined on the 20th anniversary Charles Dickens Festival.

By any measure, the festival was a big success. Much credit must be given to Mayor Margot Garant, the Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, Port Jefferson Village workers, The Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council and the many volunteers whose hard work made the festival a success.

I believe the Port Jeff Code En-forcement Bureau officers deserve to be singled out and acknowledged for their professional service during the festival. Their law enforcement background became very apparent as they worked long hours direct-ing traffic and doing their part to make sure the thousands of visitors who came to Port Jeff were safe and enjoyed the festival.

As a Port Jeff merchant I would like to thank code enforcement for a job well done.

Ken VealePort Jeff Motorcycle

Photo by Bob SavageWomen dressed as Charles Dickens characters sing carols at the festival.

The gift of caringIt’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 stay-ing 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 par-ents 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 donat-ing a gift to a hospital or a nursing home, where there could sometimes be people without family to remember them during the holidays.

Many local schools raise money to donate toys to those who are less fortunate. The Students Against Drunk Driving club at Mount Sinai, for example, 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 shop-ping 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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Trying to see the good in all God’s children

Is 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 believ-ers 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

D. None of the aboveby DaNiel DuNaief

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Daniel Dunaief’s recent book, “The Other Parent,”

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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 reli-gion — I’m not going to indicate what religion it was.

The commentors were con-vinced that it couldn’t have come from someone who followed a different religious discipline. Why? If there are elements to ourselves that are a combina-tion of destroyers and builders, lovers and haters, sinners and saints, why should something extraordinary or even inspira-tional be limited to one religion?

Couldn’t everyone’s God speak through or act through one person, regardless of his background or religion, to in-spire others to greater heights, to do something incredibly ben-eficial to his or her fellow hu-man 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 some-times 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, es-pecially in an era when every politician with national aspi-rations describes a boogeyman (or woman). I also understand the reality that there are peo-ple 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 be-fore dying. That doesn’t seem like much of a way to honor anyone’s God.

This is about the way we re-late to each other and the way we think of religious groups outside our own. Why should something spectacular or in-credible 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 rou-tinely 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

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house of worship and be equally thrilled to host any of those peo-ple 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 any-one around us. We don’t have to give up our own religion and it doesn’t lessen our religion to believe that something spec-tacular lies just beneath the surface of another person pass-ing 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?

Delightful seasonal and cultural events to savor

This past weekend started for me with a stellar perfor-mance, as usual, by the Em-

erson String Quartet at the Staller Center on the Stony Brook Univer-sity campus. This marvelous string ensemble comes to us directly from Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Cen-ter 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 per-formances 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 Juil-liard, then turned professional in 1976, and in the course of their ca-reer they have released more than 30 albums and won nine Gram-mys 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 con-certs 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 Vil-lage Historical Society. Members

take care of the myriad of details from selecting to decorating the homes, along with professional help made possible by local con-tributions. Each year homeown-ers graciously allow hundreds of visitors to traipse through their rooms, checking out the decor and listening to the history ex-plained 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 magnifi-cently. Many of us well remember in past years waiting in line to en-ter the homes in subfreezing, or snowy, or rainy or sharply windy days. Sunny Saturday was a Goldi-locks 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.

As if this weren’t enough activ-ity for a satisfying weekend, we en-joyed the lighting of the splendid Christmas tree on the Stony Brook Village Green, sponsored as usual, by The Ward Melville Heritage Or-ganization Sunday night. WMHO has been happily celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout this past year. On Jan. 19, there will be a special anniversary commemo-ration of the night Ward Melville hosted a dinner at the Three Vil-lage 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 Har-bor. After much good food and drink, the shop owners agreed to join the effort. The result was the picturesque Stony Brook Vil-lage Center, designed by architect Richard Haviland Smythe that we enjoy now, three quarters of a cen-tury 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

guests, who devoured delicious hors d’oeuvres provided by owner, Cathy Hansen, in her newly reno-vated salon. It was a symbolic end to the evening’s festivities.

Meanwhile in the other di-rection, 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, re-plete with 19th century characters walking the streets and engaging the public. (And throughout De-cember you may stop at Santa’s Workshop, a brilliant creation of the talented Pat Darling.) Encour-aged by the wonderful weather, visitors came out in droves to the festival, putting Port Jefferson on the map as the glorious destina-tion village that it is.

Sunny Saturday was a Goldilocks day for

touring: not too cold, not too hot, just right.

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