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of Middle Country The TIMES Serving CentereaCh Selden northern lake grove Volume 11, No. 35 December 17, 2015 $1.00 Hoverboards Rep. Steve Israel said investing in certain hoverboards is risky business PAGE A11 Photos by Aw Snap Booths above, heritage trust President lori Baldassare poses for a photo with Santa and event volunteers; left, reindeer food. More photos on A10. Santa brings the bacon Festival of lights Photos by Greg Catalano temple Beth emeth in Mount Sinai held a hanukkah service on dec. 11. Clockwise from top left spanning both pages, the torah is carried down the aisle; menorahs are lit; members of the temple light candles; and say prayers; songs are sung; and passages are read from the torah. By giSelle Barkley Santa’s been sticking around the Heritage Center in Mount Sinai for the last few days. On Sunday, Santa paid a spe- cial visit to the park for its annual breakfast. Year aſter year fami- lies get a closer look at him. Lori Baldassare, president of Heritage Trust, said residents also bring nonperishable food items that are donated to local pantries. Tuscany Gourmet Market, of Miller Place, provided a buffet breakfast, and families met with Santa individually and could re- ceive a professional photo by Faraz and Patricia Zaidi from Aw Snap Photobooth of Selden. Children were also given food for Santa’s reindeer to help jolly ole St. Nick find his way around the neighborhood on Christmas day. Baldassare started Breakfast with Santa 21 years ago when she was president of the Mount Sinai Civic Association. e event was held originally in the Handlebar restaurant in Mount Sinai. In 2003, when the park was still in its early construction phase, Baldassare leſt the civic association for Heritage Trust, and the event followed her. “e community place is the perfect place to hold the event be- cause it was created to be the [lo- cal] gathering place,” Baldassare said in an email. “It signifies the tradition of [these communities].” 144298 For the love of bulldogs Crossword, Visions of the North Shore, SBU Sports, Holiday movies come to the CAC PAGE B1

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of Middle CountryThe TIMES

Serving CentereaCh • Selden • northern lake groveVolume 11, No. 35 December 17, 2015 $1.00

HoverboardsRep. Steve Israel said investing in

certain hoverboards is risky business page a11

photos by aw Snap Booths above, heritage trust President lori Baldassare poses for a photo with Santa and event volunteers; left, reindeer food. More photos on A10.

Santa brings the bacon

Festival of lights

photos by greg Catalano temple Beth emeth in Mount Sinai held a hanukkah service on dec. 11. Clockwise from top left spanning both pages, the torah is carried down the aisle; menorahs are lit; members of the temple light candles; and say prayers; songs are sung; and passages are read from the torah.

By giSelle Barkley

Santa’s been sticking around the Heritage Center in Mount Sinai for the last few days.

On Sunday, Santa paid a spe-cial visit to the park for its annual breakfast. Year after year fami-lies get a closer look at him. Lori Baldassare, president of Heritage Trust, said residents also bring nonperishable food items that are donated to local pantries.

Tuscany Gourmet Market, of Miller Place, provided a buffet breakfast, and families met with Santa individually and could re-ceive a professional photo by Faraz and Patricia Zaidi from Aw Snap Photobooth of Selden.

Children were also given food for Santa’s reindeer to help jolly ole St. Nick find his way around the neighborhood on Christmas day.

Baldassare started Breakfast with Santa 21 years ago when she was president of the Mount Sinai Civic Association. The event was held originally in the Handlebar restaurant in Mount Sinai. In 2003, when the park was still in its early construction phase, Baldassare left the civic association for Heritage Trust, and the event followed her.

“The community place is the perfect place to hold the event be-cause it was created to be the [lo-cal] gathering place,” Baldassare said in an email. “It signifies the tradition of [these communities].”

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Legislature looks at payment plans for ticketed driversBy Phil Corso

The Suffolk County Legislature is look-ing to put the brakes on its “pay now, or else” approach when it comes to fines levied to ticketed drivers.

Lawmakers have tasked the county’s Traffic and Parking Violations Agency with developing a payment program for the fines it levies to motorists within 90 days. If ap-proved by the Legislature, the plan could al-low nonmoving violators to pay their fines in installments, rather than the current sys-tem which requires one lump sum, due im-mediately.

It all started when Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) said she was approached by one of her constituents who claimed to be threatened with a driver’s license suspension if he did not pay his nonmoving ticket fine in one full installment.

“The revocation of a driver’s license should be reserved for violators who endan-ger public safety, not for someone unable to pay a fine on the day it is imposed,” she said.

The county currently has close to $2.3 million in outstanding tickets, lawmakers said. Hahn said that unpaid fines, fees and surcharges associated with parking tickets are often not collected or prove costly to collect and can result in lost revenue for the county government and taxpayers. A pay-ment plan option, Hahn added, is a win-win, because it helps struggling Suffolk County citizens meet their obligations to both their families and to the county.

“A deterrent should never become a det-riment, nor should the sting of a ticket ever become the hunger pains of a child,” Hahn said. “While these fines are supposed to serve as a financial deterrent to behavior that puts the public at risk, when unaffordable

penalties are imposed and become due im-mediately, our residents are forced to make decisions that are counter to our values and to the public interest.”

County Legislator Kate Browning (WF-Shirley), who serves as chair of the Legis-lature’s Public Safety Committee, said pu-nitive measures are intended to be teaching moments, rather than a road to economic ruin. She applauded the steps the county was taking in allowing ticketed motorists more time to pay fines.

“I congratulate Legislator Hahn for bringing this issue forward,” Browning said. “As a co-sponsor of the bill, I agree that no one should have to make a choice between putting food on the table for their family or paying a fine. Failure to pay causes a person to have a suspended license and potentially lose their employment. A payment plan for middle and low income residents will ben-efit the resident and the agency.“

Violators cited in New York City have the option of paying fines through an install-ment plan which requires that a portion of the fee be paid at the time of conviction, followed by monthly payments, with a 9 percent interest charge until the debt is paid in full. Suffolk’s eventual plan may take a similar form as the SCTPVA develops its own program, Hahn said.

The directive to the SCTPVA now goes to County Executive Steve Bellone for final approval. Then, once the SCTPVA develops its plan, the Legislature will have an oppor-tunity to evaluate the proposal and decide whether to implement it.

“Punishment without mercy does not serve this county or its residents,” Hahn said. “I encourage the county executive to sign this bill as it advances the central tenant of fairness in justice.”

File photo The proposal to instill payment plan options was sponsored by legislator Kara hahn, right.

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Residents who wish to participate in this worthy cause may use handmade or store-purchased cards, signed with

first names only. A simple “Get Well Soon” or “Feel Better” could make a happy difference in an ailing child’s holiday season.

“Thanks to the Centereach Youth Civic, the Holiday Card Drive gives us the opportunity to share the true meaning of the season with children

who cannot be home for the holidays.” LaValle said. “I encourage everyone to take a little time out of their day to help make the season bright for them and their families.”

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Ward Melville senior a rising Three Village star

Volume 39, No. 43 December 25, 2014

$1.00Stony Brook • old Field • Strong’S neck • Setauket • eaSt Setauket • South Setauket • PoquottTIMES HERALDThe Village

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

Toy drive brings holiday joyOn Dec. 11, JVC Broadcasting’s ra-

dio stations were at Brookhaven Town Hall to broadcast live and promote the Town’s INTERFACE Toy Drive. On-air personalities from My Coun-try 96.1, LI News Radio 103.9, Party 105 and LaFiesta collected thousands of toys ranging from stuffed animals, board games and dolls to toy trucks and bicycles. The INTERFACE Toy Drive is sponsored by the Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau. They will provide presents for over 7,000 needy children from infant to 15 years of age. Donations can be dropped off at

Town Hall located at 1 Independence Hill in Farmingville or other sites throughout the town now through Dec. 21. Other town locations in-clude the Town Highway Department at 1140 Old Town Road in Coram, New Village Recreation Center at 20 Wireless Road in Centereach and the Brookhaven Calabro Airport at 135 Dawn Drive in Shirley

Call the Town of Brookhaven Youth Bureau at 631-451-8011 or go to www.brookhaven.org for more information and the locations of additional drop off sites in the town.

Photo from the Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine, center, and Councilman Dan Panico, left center, pose with JVC staff.

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By Elana Glowatz

A victim had facial injuries after being threatened with a knife early last Sunday morning, during a rob-bery for which police said they have only arrested one of the four assailants.

According to the Suffolk County Police Depart-ment, officers have arrested a homeless man in con-nection with the Coram crime, but are still searching for the other three suspects.

The incident began at about 12:45 a.m. on Dec. 13, when police said the four robbers, one of whom was armed with a knife, confronted the male victim on Middle Country Road, between Fife Drive and Erna Drive. Those suspects assaulted him, police said, and threatened him with the knife while stealing his leather coat and two diamond earrings.

The victim was treated for facial injuries at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson and was released, police said.

A homeless man, 25-year-old Armad Johnson, was arrested the same day and charged with first-degree robbery, but police are still looking for the three oth-ers Johnson was allegedly working with.

Attorney information for Johnson was not im-mediately available and he could not be reached for comment.

Anyone with information about the unknown sus-pects in the armed robbery is asked to contact detec-tives at the SCPD’s 6th Squad at 631-854-8652, or to call Suffolk County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-220-TIPS.

Homeless man charged in an armed robberyPolice still on hunt for three other suspects in knifepoint crime

File photoafter arresting a homeless man, police are looking for three other suspects in an armed robbery that occurred in Coram last weekend.

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have a service-related disability could also receive to an additional exemption.

Veterans already get the same percentage in tax cuts for the town and county portions of their taxes.

According to the legislation’s co-sponsor, state As-semblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket), the aver-age veteran homeowner could save as much as $400 under the new law if his or her respective school dis-trict opts in. Taxpayers living in school districts that opt in would see a tax increase, as the district’s as-sessed property value would decrease. “I hope there’s a way to overcome the obvious budgetary difficulties,” Englebright said in a phone interview.

Brookhaven Tax Assessor Jim Ryan said there are approximately 22,000 veterans who qualify for ex-

emptions in the town. Ryan said the town is still try-ing to determine the legislation’s financial effects for each school district that opts in.

In a letter sent to the town’s school districts, Ryan stated that districts must pass a resolution on or before March 1 in order for the exemption to affect the De-cember 2014 tax bill. Among the school districts con-sidering opting in are Kings Park and Middle Coun-try — Rocky Point already opted in — after discussing the legislation at recent board of education meetings.

Kings Park Superintendent Susan Agruso said if the district grants the exemption, an average home-owner with an assessed value of $6,000 could see a tax increase of about $82. According to the Smithtown Town tax assessor’s office, Agruso said, there are 601 residences with veterans in Kings Park.

While both the Kings Park and Middle Country school boards decided to hold future public hearings on the matter, the Rocky Point Board of Education did

not, but voted to opt in at a school board meeting on Jan. 13.

According to Jennifer Kuefner, of the district’s pub-lic relations firm, Syntax, the district’s legal council said the school board meeting served as a public hear-ing since the item was on the agenda and residents had the chance to comment.

In an email, Kuefner said, “While the district is awaiting final statistics from the Town of Brookhaven, it cannot think of a more worthy group to receive this exemption — an exemption which they are already re-ceiving from other taxing jurisdictions.”

Englebright said while he understands that school districts may be hesitant to cut back on much-needed taxes in hard economic times, the law shows a “mean-ingful appreciation” for veterans’ sacrifices. “It is a worthwhile and worthy initiative,” he said. “Not one that should be dismissed … just because we are in dif-ficult times.”

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POLICE BLOTTER Incidents and arrests from Dec. 9-13

Benzing the rulesOn Dec. 10, police arrested a man

from Miller Place for unlicensed oper-ation of a car. The 32-year-old man was driving a 2007 Mercedes down Route 25A in Miller Place when police pulled him over and found the man’s license had been suspended 10 times before.

Not what the doctor orderedPolice arrested a 26-year-old man

from Shoreham for criminal posses-sion of a controlled substance on Dec. 10, after pulling him over on Echo Av-enue in Sound Beach for an unknown reason and discovering prescription medication in his car that had not been prescribed to him.

A holiday stealA 30-year-old woman from Selden

was arrested for petit larceny on Dec. 12, after she allegedly stole toys and clothing from the Kmart on North Ocean Avenue in Farmingville two days before.

Impaired judgmentPolice arrested a 51-year-old man

from Selden for driving while abil-ity impaired on Dec. 11. He had been driving a 2000 Toyota down Route 25 in Selden when he failed to maintain his lane and police pulled him over. He has had previous DWAI convictions in the past 10 years.

To the left, to the leftA man from Stony Brook was ar-

rested on Dec. 11 for driving while ability impaired in a 2003 Subaru on North Country Road in Setauket-East Setauket after he made a left turn from a no-turn lane. Officials saw the 30-year-old make the turn and arrest-ed him at the scene.

Window painsOn Dec. 12, police arrested a

23-year-old man from Stony Brook for criminal mischief. Police said the man cut a window screen of a residence on Christian Avenue an hour before his arrest.

Smoking green on GreenhavenPolice arrested an 18-year-old from

Centereach on Dec. 9 for criminal pos-session of a controlled substance after catching him smoking marijuana in a 2000 Lincoln Town Car on Greenhav-en Drive in Port Jefferson Station.

Coke to cuffsA 22-year-old man from Middle Is-

land was arrested for criminal posses-sion of a controlled substance on Dec. 10 on Mount Sinai Avenue in Mount Sinai. Police officers had allegedly found cocaine in his car.

East Broadway brawlPolice arrested a 55-year-old wom-

an from Centereach for harassment around midnight on Dec. 12, minutes after she shoved someone and made harassing comments at Danfords Ho-tel & Marina on East Broadway in Port Jefferson.

Parking lot larcenyAn unidentified person entered a

parking lot on East Main Street in Port Jefferson and stole a purse, iPod and phone charger from a parked car. Po-lice didn’t specify the car’s make and model or if it had been unlocked at the time of the Dec. 12 incident, but there was no sign of a break-in.

Grinch steals Christmas againOn Dec. 12, an unknown person

stole holiday decorations and exten-sion cords from the front yard of a residence on North Country Road in Mount Sinai.

You’ve got mailSomeone stole a mailbox from a res-

idence on Glenwood Avenue in Miller Place on Dec. 13, around 4:13 a.m. On that same day, between 2 and 11 p.m., someone stole a mailbox from a resi-dence on Devon Road in Sound Beach.

A lesson in stupiditySomeone stole a 2015 Honda from a

7-Eleven parking lot on Middle Coun-try Road in Selden. Police said the car was on when it was stolen. The incident happened on Dec. 12 between 6:55 and 7:03 a.m.

Go home, callerAccording to police, a Home Depot

employee received a harassing phone call while at work on Dec 12, at the lo-cation on Pond Path in Setauket-East Setauket.

Needed money for booksBetween Dec. 9 and 10 someone used

another person’s bank card to with-draw money from a Teacher’s Federal Credit Union account. The incident was reported on Circle Road at Stony Brook University around midnight.

Chores and cartoonsPolice said someone stole a washing

machine and a television from a resi-dence on Eos Road in Rocky Point on Dec. 11 around 10 a.m.

Scholarly slashOn Dec. 12, someone slashed the

two rear tires of a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee while the car was parked on Harvard Road in East Shoreham.

— Compiled by Giselle barkley

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  Four students from Middle Country school district received awards for their stellar performanc-es in physical education during a recent congratulatory dinner held by the Suffolk Zone Alliance for Health Physical Education Recre-ation and Dance.

Each year, physical education teachers from every school in Suf-folk County nominate their best stu-dents for this honorable distinction.   

This year, Melody Young and An-drew Farina from Centereach High School and Matthew Sharp and Jor-dynn Aiello from Newfield High School were chosen to represent Middle Country school district. Young is the fencing team’s captain, 2nd team All-County. She is ranked first in her class in academics, main-taining a 98.6 academic GPA and is president of the National Honor So-ciety.  Next fall, Young will attend Princeton University.

Farina is a member of the la-crosse, soccer and winter track teams.  Off the field, he maintains an academic GPA of 96.9 and is a member of both the National and Spanish National Honor Societies.  In the fall, he will attend Bingham-ton University where he will study biology.

Aiello is All-Division in both varsity field hockey and lacrosse and a volunteer coach with the Ju-nior High Program.  Academically, she ranks fifth in her class with a 97.2 GPA and has received honors from Minds in Motion and Aca-demic All-American.  In the fall, she will attend SUNY Cortland where she will study criminology and psychology.    

Sharp was a member of the boys’ soccer team for two years. After high school, he will attend Stony Brook University where he will study to become a chemical engineer. 

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Middle Country Central School Dis-trict Superintendent Roberta Gerold and Board of Education President Karen Lessler presented New York State As-semblyman Al Graf (R-Holbrook) with a well-deserved Appreciation Award.  

Graf was presented the award to cel-ebrate his unwavering dedication and

support for improving public educa-tion.  For years, the assemblyman has defended public education, pushing for increased funding and bringing power back to local school districts. Lessler says the award was to thank Graf for believ-ing in public education, taking a stand and fighting for children.

Middle Country student-athletes in the zone

MCCSD thanks Assemblyman Al Graf

Photo from MCCSD From left to right: Melody Young, Andrew Farina, Matthew Sharp and Jordynn Aiello

Approximately 68 top spellers at Middle Country Central School Dis-trict’s Selden Middle School recently participated in the school’s Annual Spelling Bee Championship. Through-out round after round of increasing difficulty, the group of gifted spell-ers was narrowed down and the top

three winners emerged.  Nikki Renelle brought home the first-place award and was crowned this year’s Selden Middle School Spelling Bee Champion. Tristan Mazer was runner-up and winner of the second-place award.  Cristian Cres-pin rounded out the top three and was awarded third place.

Photo from MCCSD From left to right: Board of Education President Karen Lessler, Assemblyman Al Graf and Middle Country Central School District Superintendent Roberta Gerold.

Selden Middle School spelling bee champs

Photo from MCCSD Selden Middle School teacher Cathy Carella-Dean, far left, and Principal Jonathan Singer, far right, congratulate students for placing in the school’s Annual Spelling Bee Championship.

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By Desirée Keegan

The Newfield football team continues to make history.

The Wolverines were named Suffolk County’s top team last Monday, earning the Rutgers Trophy at the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association banquet at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Hauppauge. But that wasn’t the only award the team walked away with.

To continue a season of firsts, as the school recorded a 12-0 record, including three shutouts, for the greatest season in Newfield’s 58-year history, senior half-back Elijah Riley became the first Newfield player to garner the 54th Carl A. Hansen Award, presented to Suffolk’s top player.

The 6-foot, 200-pound star rushed for 1,012 yards and scored a school-record 31 touchdowns. He finished with 1,934 all-purpose yards.

Riley also earned the school’s first Tom Cassese Award, presented to the top defen-sive back, after allowing only three pass re-ceptions and recording three interceptions, two forced fumbles and 66 tackles, 45 of which were solo.

Defensive end Dylan Ferrari earned the fifth annual Rob Burnett Award, given to Suffolk’s top defensive player. Despite suf-fering a broken left thumb when he fell midway through the fourth quarter of a 31-7 win over North Babylon in the Suffolk County Division II semifinal, Ferrari played through the pain in the final two games of his high school career with a soft protective glove around his hand.

Ferrari finished the season with 71 tack-les, including 32 solo tackles, and 18 for a loss of yards. The 6-foot, 1-inch, 236-point, two-way starter forced many botched throws and turnovers as a result. He also recorded a team-high 11 sacks and two forced fumbles.

Senior Jelani Greene recorded another first, winning the National Football Foundation Award, given to Suffolk’s top wide receiver.

Steven Hoynacky, a standout on special teams, was awarded the Tom Cutinella Me-

morial Scholarship Award, named in honor of the former Shoreham-Wading River play-er who died after an on-field collision in 2014.

Like Cutinella, the tight end and defen-sive end was not only a quality player on the team, but excelled in leadership, char-acter and academics. He is treasurer of the school’s National Honor Society and main-tains a 92 GPA.

Although not winning an award, New-field’s record-breaking senior quarterback Ryan Klemm passed for 31 touchdowns this season.

The Wolverines set a Suffolk record for points scored in a season with 518. The team beat Half Hollow Hills West 58-34 to capture the Suffolk Division II title. A week later, the Wolverines earned the school’s second Long Island Class II championship

with a 41-33 win over MacArthur. Newfield earned 27 first-place votes to earn the Rut-gers Trophy, and totaled 120 points to edge runner-up Sayville, which had 19 first-place votes and 108 points. Shoreham-Wading River was third with 46 points.

Newfield finishes successful season of firsts with awards

File photos by Bill Landon Clockwise from left, Jelani greene makes a diving catch; elijah riley plunges into the end zone for a touchdown; Dylan Ferrari makes a tackle; steven Hoynacky races up the field; and ryan Klemm tosses a pass.

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Poquott adopts private road despite resident concernsBy Giselle Barkley

Residents living on Maybeck Drive in Poquott are no strangers to floods.

The private road, which lacks a water drainage system, is prone to flooding during rainy weather as water travels from higher roads in the area down to Maybeck Drive. Over time the excess water eroded parts of the road and allowed potholes to form. While the previous owners maintained the road for the last several years, last year they failed to do so, making the roadway impassable.

But on Nov. 17, the Village of Poquott voted to ac-quire the south end of Maybeck Drive in hopes of fix-ing the area.

While some residents supported the village’s deci-sion to take over the road, some residents questioned the village’s plan. Typically, roads must be maintained before they’re transferred to the village. However, the village attorney assured residents this isn’t the first time the village took over a roadway that wasn’t main-tained. Despite this, the status of the area left some residents saying maintaining the road will affect resi-dents in the area.

“It’s in pretty bad shape,” Barbara Donovan said about the road. “For the village to take it over at this point, it’s going to cost a lot of money.”

Donovan is the former mayor of Poquott. She first dealt with negotiations regarding Maybeck Drive in 2006 when the village sought ownership of the street. According to Donovan, the board of trustees at the time held several meetings with the previous owners. Despite continuous negotiations about transferring the parcel to the village, the owners didn’t agree to transfer ownership until this year.

Mayor Dee Parrish was unavailable to comment on the issue prior to publication. Although Trustee Jeff Koppelson is unsure why the owners stopped main-taining the parcel, he said the village is in a financial position to fix the road during a phone interview. He added that it would cost the village less money than if the owners fixed the area themselves. Planning Board Chairman Roger Flood said he didn’t oppose the transfer of ownership to the village but said he sug-gested that the previous owners should contribute to funding the road repairs. Koppelson said the owners intend to do so.

Currently the village needs to repave the road-way and address drainage concerns to prevent future flooding. Koppelson said he addressed the concerns of residents who opposed the village’s decision to take ownership of the south end of Maybeck Drive. He compared the situation to paying school related taxes. Residents argued that even after their kids graduate from school, taxpayers must continue paying those taxes. It is a similar case when it comes to maintain-ing roadways in the village.

“The reason is, is because it goes toward the com-munity. It’s part of living in a community, especially a small village,” Koppelson said relating paying school taxes to using taxpayer dollars to fund road repairs.

Photo by Giselle Barkleyresidents say Maybeck Drive in the Village of Poquott is in need of road repairs after various issues related to flooding destroyed the street.

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Photo from Michael Loughran On Saturday Dec. 12 Santa swung by the Selden firehouse for breakfast with local parents and their children. Residents could share their holiday wishes with Santa and donate at least $7 to the Selden Fire Department.

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Hazardous hoverboardsBy Victoria Espinoza

One of this year’s hot holiday items might be a little too hot.

Hoverboards have been flying off the shelves this holiday season but recent safety issues, including multiple cases of boards catching fire or exploding, have given some shop-pers pause.

That’s why Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) gathered with members of the Commack Fire Department Tuesday and urged consumers against buying hoverboards specifi-cally made in China, because he said the type of batteries used in them may ignite.

“Hoverboards may be the hot holiday gift, but they are literally catching on fire and igniting questions about their safety and the safety of lithium-ion batteries,” Israel said. “New Yorkers should remain hesitant before purchasing these hoverboards and stay vigilant while using and charg-ing them.”

Hoverboards are self-balancing, electronic two-wheeled devices on which people can travel from place to place. When riding one, a person may appear to be levitating, or hovering, similarly to those on the hoverboards featured in the film “Back to the Future Part II.”

Israel stood beside a photo display of several fires that the Commack department had already responded to where hoverboards caused combustion inside someone’s home, destroying property and, sometimes, entire rooms.

Hoverboards shipped from overseas use lithium-ion bat-teries, which can combust if heated or overcharged due to their limited voltage range. Israel called for more research from the U.S. Department of Energy on the safety of using these batteries in hoverboards.

The congressman also noted that airports already task their security personnel to remove all lithium-ion batteries from checked bags for the same reason.

“Well if we know that those lithium-ion batteries could be a hazard to the plane, and we know a hoverboard with a lithium-ion battery could be hazardous to our homes, that says we need to do a little bit more research,” Israel said.

Commack Fire Marshal Joe Digiose flanked the con-gressman on Tuesday and said he urged residents to be careful when buying hoverboards until more research is completed. He said there is no research that shows the American-made products are not working well, but the ones from overseas pose more of a danger and are being shipped at a very high rate to the United States.

“We recommend you don’t buy them — but if you do, buy an American-made one,” he said.

Don Talka, senior vice president and chief engineer at Underwriters Laboratories, has been involved in research on lithium-ion batteries for years, starting back when they were involved with similar issues in laptops. He said the major problem is the mating of the battery with the rest of the electronics used in the hoverboards.

“What we’ve learned through our research … is that the combination and how these pieces interact cause the is-sues,” Talka said. “And how the batteries are charged and discharged are all items which need further investigation.”

At the press conference, Israel inspected the box that a hoverboard came in, and said that despite all the instruc-tions and caution labels about the product, there is no in-formation about the battery.

“That has been established as one of the single greatest threats to property and potentially lives when they’re com-ing from China,” Israel said. “That’s why we want to comply with the energy chair to fully research this and make sure that people aren’t being exposed to greater risk and threat by lithium-ion batteries.”

Photo by Victoria Espinoza congressman steve israel speaks on the dangers of hoverboards and their batteries tuesday.

Certain board’s batteries are dangerous

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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/THEALTH CARE INTEGRA- TOR: MSW or related fieldValid 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.

MAKE 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 mes- sage 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

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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

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

Excellent References.Serving the Three Village Area.

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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.

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ElectriciansSOUNDVIEW ELECTRICAL

CONTRACTINGPrompt * Reliable * Professional

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Insurance

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Lawn &Landscaping

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Serving Three Villages

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

MasonryCarl Bongiorno

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

Theme Gardens. Residential & Commercial.

Lic/Ins. 631-928-2110

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

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COUNTY-WIDE PAINTINGINTERIOR/EXTERIOR

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

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Plumbing/Heating

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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.

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KLB LAND SERVICESSpecializing in all phases of

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MANHATTANAPARTMENT FOR RENT

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OPINION

The opinions of columnists and letter writers are their own. They do not speak for the newspaper.

EDITORIALParents: it’s safe to hover with this one

Most kids see hoverboards as the next hot toy, but they don’t know how literal that is.

U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) spoke this week about the dangers of hover-boards shipped from overseas, with batteries that have sometimes burst into f lames. He said the type of battery being used in foreign-made hoverboards is unstable if not stored and charged properly.

While this problem certainly seems like the most dangerous reason not to buy a hover-board this holiday season, there are certainly more concerns shoppers should consider be-fore pulling out their credit cards or reaching into their wallets. These boards are not only a fun way to pass the time, but also a serious piece of machinery.

There are hundreds of videos of kids dis-playing their skills and tricks on hoverboards, as well as many videos of kids wiping out as they try to learn how to maneuver. Everyone who operates a hoverboard should exercise caution with these new devices, for them-selves and for those around them, as they make their way into the mainstream.

These machines gain speed quickly, and have a delicate temperament, so a slight shift in weight can quickly turn into a crash. Par-ents should consider requiring their kids to wear helmets while riding hoverboards, and should talk to them about how to operate one safely, such as by keeping a certain distance away from pedestrians and staying within certain speeds.

When someone starts the ignition of a car, that person is expected to drive safely, think-ing about other drivers and pedestrians on the road. The same should go for anyone on hoverboards, or any other motorized ride.

Photo by Victoria EspinozaA firefighter holds a hoverboard at a press conference.

A village effortTO THE EDITOR:

The 20th annual Dickens Festival was, no doubt, our finest festival to date. From the personal and memo-rable lantern dedications and resident event at the Vil-lage Center on Friday night, to the closing ceremonies and Holiday Light Show on the facade of Village Hall, the entire spirit, execution, volunteerism, community collaboration and dedication this year to our Dickens village tradition was unprecedented.

Heartfelt applause must go to Alan Varela and Jill Nees Russell for their creative oversight, executive di-rection and administration of the overall event, as well as all the board members of the Greater Brookhaven Port Jefferson Arts Council and Barbara Sakovich at Village Hall. A special thank you to our amazing volun-teer street character actors — without you, our festival wouldn’t have its dimension or color. To the many churches, our Theatre Three, Masonic lodge, Santa’s

workshop and other venues, your generosity in open-ing your doors each year and supporting our concerts, programs and volunteer command center as well as contributing to your own events to round out the sched-ule is greatly appreciated.

There are so many individuals to thank but I would be remiss to not specifically mention our Department of Public Works for decorating our village, our code enforcement team for managing the traffic impacts, the staff at the Village Center and throughout the village, the Business Improvement District and the chamber of commerce, our many generous sponsors and this year’s honorees, Nan Guzetta, Patricia Darling Kiriluk and former Mayor Jeanne Garant. Thank you.

We are proud to continue this tradition in the honor of Charles Dickens to celebrate our community, our vil-lage and the coming of the holidays to one and all.

“God bless us, everyone.”Margot Garant, Mayor

Port Jefferson

Photo by Bob SavageDickens characters meet a horse during the village festival.

Holiday cheerTo The ediTor:

i wish to thank everyone from the St. James roman Catholic Church, especially the religious education department, who, once again, provided a beautiful Christmas dinner for all the residents of echo Arms on the grounds of their church on dec. 13, 2015.

Providing their own transportation to and from echo Arms in Port Jefferson Station, the residents were treated to a sumptuous Christmas dinner and generous gifts — every one of them. This is a

tradition that has been going on for as long as i can remember.

if ever there was an act in the true spirit of Christ-mas, it is this festive dinner. in the true tradition of St. James — and, of course, Jesus — this is a reflection of the church’s historic commitment to the poor, the elderly, the orphaned and widowed.

Wishing you all blessings for a merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.

harry Katzecho Arms staff

Port Jefferson Station

File photo The St. James Roman Catholic Church is located on Route 25A in East Setauket.

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Finding excuses for musical procrastination

My children are excel-lent musicians. OK, so I’m a little biased

because I love music, I’m kind of fond of them, too, and I have worked with them on their de-veloping skills.

What they’re even better at than playing music, however, is finding ways not to play it. Well, I mean, ways not to play their instruments. They’re perfectly

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content to play all kinds of mu-sic including, to my surprise, country music. Many of my daughter’s adolescent friends are also fond of this genre which, on the Eastern Sea-board, seems about as typical as a 65-degree, mid-December day. Is global warming moving country music north?

Anyway, my children have developed ways to put off prac-ticing. There’s the hunger ex-cuse: “No, no, seriously, Dad, if you could feel inside my stom-ach, you’d know I’m starving.”

When the food arrives, they are far too busy laughing out loud to notice.

“I am hungry, it’s just that I had to send this text message now. It’s urgent.”

When I take the phones away, they insist someone will be stranded in the metaphori-cal frozen bus station in Alaska, with polar bears closing in and their friend’s only defense is a text message that will send a tone that terrifies bears.

Back to music, or not. So, now that we’re five years into their music education, their procrastination playbook in-cludes headaches, cold sores and tired eyes that can’t possibly read such small notes. Crying “wolf” too many times, when I’ve seen them bouncing around the house after their headaches rendered them unable to prac-tice, has made me less inclined to believe them.

But, then, last week, my son picked up his instrument and, within seconds, had developed a serious case of the hiccups. One of the many genetic gifts from my father are these hiccups that cause fish to change direc-tions in nearby tanks, birds to fly from their trees and heads to swivel in the direction of that sudden violent, two-toned sound. Even when they were in my wife’s uterus, our children caused her stomach to jump, as if they were miniature maracas.

Before he could play a note, my son increased the tempo of

his hiccups, generating a violent and explosive noise. While I was annoyed that he wasn’t playing when he promised to practice, I admit that I was impressed that I was outmaneuvered by an ad-olescent, hiccuping diaphragm.

A friend has this technique where she drinks from the op-posite side of a glass while hold-ing her nose. I’ve seen it work before, but I’m not sure I’d want to try it with my son without an EMT present. I had him try my method, which involves holding his breath for as long as he can, taking a small breath and then repeating the process. I figure it’s a way of starving the dia-phragm of air until it goes back to its usual job. He gamely tried, but it didn’t work. I even scared him by telling him about all the standardized tests coming in the next several years. That was similarly ineffective.

When I gave up, I saw a small Mona Lisa-type grin on the corners of his mouth which formed as he pulled his un-

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used instrument apart and put it back in its case. I wondered how, if he had so much control over his diaphragm, he might use that power constructively? Then I remembered the Ameri-can military blasts unpalatable music to force drug dealers and foreign leaders out of their homes. Maybe instead of pop music making these dictators wilt, the military could blast the sound of violent hiccups. “OK, guys nothing’s working, let’s bring in the diaphragm.”

The disappearing middle class

Many of the college students have now finished their finals

and ended their fall semester. It seems that as college costs increase, classroom time de-creases, but maybe that’s just my faulty memory. In any event, who are these students that have now been released into what we used to call “intersession” and will eventually go on to graduate with their bachelor’s degrees? Statistics tell us that 77 percent of them come from

families in the top 25 percent of household incomes but only 9 percent are from families in the bottom 25 percent of incomes.

What does that mean? If you believe that education is the ladder to a financially success-ful life, that startling disparity among college graduates is tell-ing us that social mobility has drastically declined in America. Put another way, America is no longer the land of opportunity it once was, attracting the am-bitious from all over the world with the promise of the Ameri-can Dream. It means that what you become in life depends more on who your parents and grandparents are than what skills you possess.

This conclusion is further reinforced by the information researchers have found about economic mobility here. A child born in the bottom quin-tile has only a 4 percent chance of rising to the top quintile, according to a Pew research study. Contrast that with Brit-ain, where the number is about 12 percent and Canada with

class advancement twice as likely as for the United States.

So we come back to the sub-ject of the growing gap between the haves and the have-nots in our country. This has been a vis-ible concern for at least the last 25 years. When my family and I were invited to the Bill Clin-ton White House in the early 1990s as part of an out-of-town press conference, we happened to meet David Gergen, the po-litical commentator and former presidential adviser, in the hall-way. As we chatted, my middle son asked Gergen what he thought was the major problem for the nation then, and he im-mediately referred to the grow-ing gap between rich and poor.

Who filled that gap in past decades? The answer is, the middle class, the engine for advancement in America and everywhere. Pretty much everyone then, and perhaps even now, described oneself as being in the middle class. But today the middle class is disappearing.

Why should we care?

Because the middle class is composed of the people who buy the goods and services that sustain the upper class, and without the former there can-not be an economically viable society. Inevitably if this situ-ation persists there will be ex-treme social unrest among the lower class, and to underwrite the country’s expenses the up-per class will be asked to shoul-der unbearable taxes. Further-more, intelligent and ambitious immigrants will pass us by as their ultimate destination, and will strike out for other shores where their prospects seem more promising. In fact that has already been happening on the graduate school level, as many of the most talented students choose countries like Germany in which to pursue their careers rather than the United States. If enough of the best and brightest go elsewhere, it could affect not just our economy but also the very security of our country.

The idea that our success de-pends on how our lives started rather than on our own hard

work and native abilities goes against the grain of the Ameri-can self-image. The columnist and author, Nicholas Kristof, wrote recently about this dis-tressing trend and asked why none of the candidates for presi-dent was speaking about how to change this direction.

As we approach the end of the year we, as a nation, are in-tensely caught up in the fright-ening problem of terrorists and how we can protect ourselves and our way of life from their horrible violence. But as we look ahead to the new year and the coming presidential election, not all threats to our country are so overt. Some, like this trou-bling income gap and its conse-quences, are more insidious and could prove more threatening and difficult to solve.

America is no longer the land

of opportunity it once was.

I was outmaneuvered

by an adolescent, hiccuping

diaphragm.

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